garnet

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/

Noun

garnet

1. (mineral) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 127:

     How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.

2. A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

    

Related terms

• grenade
• pomegranate

Translations

• French: grenat
• German: Granat
• Italian: granato, granata
• Portuguese: granada
• Russian: грана́т
• Spanish: granate

Translations

• French: grenat
• German: Granat, Granatrot
• Portuguese: grená
• Spanish: granate

Adjective

1. Of a dark red colour.

Noun

garnet (plural garnets)

1. (nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.

Verb

garnet (garnets, present participle garneting; past and past participle garneted)

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

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