noun Download 🔗Share A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone. Examples : "My grandmother's ring featured a beautiful ruby. " mineral geology material value Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A red spinel. Examples : "The jeweler explained that the antique ring contained a ruby, a type of red spinel, rather than a true ruby. " mineral material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A deep red colour. Examples : "The dress was a beautiful ruby red. " color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The tincture red or gules. Examples : "The artist used a ruby-colored paint to highlight the details in the drawing. " heraldry color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point. Examples : "The cookbook recipe called for a ruby-sized font for the ingredient list. " type writing point number Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda. Examples : "While hiking in the Andes, the ornithologist spotted a ruby, its red tail flashing in the sunlight. " animal bird nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra. Examples : "The ruby is a beautiful, red bird, and my sister loves to watch them at the zoo. " bird animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make red; to redden. Examples : "The chef rubbed the sauce into the meat, ruby-ing the surface. " color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of a deep red colour. Examples : "The sunset painted the sky in ruby hues. " color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters. Examples : "The student used the ruby to understand the pronunciation of the difficult Japanese word. " language writing character communication linguistics word education Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
