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garnet en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.

Meanings

1. Of a dark red colour.

garnet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
   • On the back of one cover BRADSHAW, in beryls, was encrusted; on the back of the other, A.B.C. GUIDE, in amethysts, beryls, chrysoprases, and garnets. 1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson:
   • How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch. 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, page 127:
   • Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.) 2012 March 14, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
2. (countable, uncountable) A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

Forms

Deriveds

cross-garnet · garnierite · hydrogarnet · mandarin garnet · gooseberry garnet · garnet brown · tsavorite garnet · yttrium iron garnet · garnetiferous · garnetberry · YAG · demantoid garnet · common garnet · garnet-throated hummingbird · rose garnet · Queen Garnet plum · garnet yam

Descendants

garned

Relateds

essonite (mineral) · carbuncle (mineral) · melanite (mineral) · spessartine (mineral) · ouvarovite (mineral) · grenade · demantoid (mineral) · rhodolite (mineral) · pomegranate · andradite (mineral) · pyrope (mineral) · cinnamon stone (mineral) · tsavorite (mineral) · Colorado ruby (mineral) · allochroite (mineral) · topazolite (mineral) · uvarovite (mineral) · grossularite (mineral) · hessonite (mineral) · almandine (mineral)

Translations (70)

tl granate (mineral) · ja 柘榴石 (mineral) · tr lal taşı (mineral) · fi granaatti (mineral) · ar بِجَادِيّ (mineral) · sv granat (mineral) · ur یاقوت (mineral) · ru грана́т (mineral) · pt grená (colour) · tl granate (colour) · ko 석류석 (mineral) · kk анартас (mineral) · ka გრანატი (mineral) · de Granatrot (colour) · pl kolor ciemnoczerwony (colour) · ro granat (mineral) · cy garned (mineral) · ko 자류석 (mineral) · et granaadid (mineral) · grc λυχνίτης (mineral) · fa بیجاده (mineral) · az qranat (mineral) · de Granat (colour) · hi गोमेदक (mineral) · hi याक़ूत (mineral) · hi गोमेधक (mineral) · hy նռնաքար (mineral) · ru грана́товый (colour) · af granaat (mineral) · es granate (colour) · mi kāreti (mineral) · th โกเมน (mineral) · de Granat (mineral) · fa بیجادهگون (colour) · es granate (mineral) · hi गोमेद (mineral) · ka ძოწისფერი (colour) · el γκρενά (colour) · el λυχνίτης (mineral) · ca granat (mineral) · nl granaat (mineral) · my ဂေါ်မိတ် (mineral) · fi tummanpunainen (colour) · ca granat (colour) · sh granat (mineral) · ta கோமேதகம் (mineral) · ko 가닛 (mineral) · fr grenat (mineral) · pt granada (mineral) · it granata (mineral) · ja ガーネット色 (colour) · uk грана́т (mineral) · ka გრანატისფერი (colour) · fi granaatinpunainen (colour) · pl granat (mineral) · cmn 石榴石 (mineral) · eo grenato (mineral) · bg тъмно червен (colour) · tr grena (mineral) · fr grenat (colour) · bn তামড়ি (mineral) · ky анар таш (mineral) · it granato (mineral) · bg гранат (mineral) · ja ガーネット (mineral) · cs granát (mineral) · tr lal (colour) · cmn 石榴色 (colour) · hi याकूत (mineral) · ga gairnéad (mineral)

garnet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/ (UK)

Meanings

1. A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out of a vessel.
   • Using a garnet for the lower-deck guns on the lower deck: Lash the centre of the yard to the mast, and hook both burtons to support the yard. 1893, Charles Bushell, The Rigger's Guide and Seaman's Assistant:

Forms

Deriveds

clew-garnet

garnet en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.

Forms

Deriveds

garneter