noun๐ShareA semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds."My grandmother's favorite necklace has a beautiful agate pendant, its swirling brown and white bands creating a unique pattern in the stone. "geologymineralmaterialsubstancenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun๐ShareThe size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point."The footnotes in the old book were printed in agate, making them very small and hard to read without a magnifying glass. "typewritinglanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun๐ShareOne fourteenth of an inch"The printer needs to shift the image just one agate to the right to center it on the page. "unitamountnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun๐ShareA diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals."Though a respected professor, Dr. Evans was such an agate that he was often mistaken for a student. "personappearancecharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun๐ShareA tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;โso called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing."The bookbinder used an agate to smooth the gold leaf on the cover, giving it a polished shine. "materialutensiljobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun๐ShareA marble made from agate."My grandmother's antique jewelry box contained a beautiful agate, a small, intricately patterned marble. "materialgeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun๐Share(usually in the plural) A testicle.anatomybodyorgansexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb๐ShareOn the way; agoing."to be agate; to set the bells agate"waytimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
