a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
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How to use precious stone in a sentence
In a hierarchy of materials, glass would have sat slightly beneath silver and gold and would have been valued as much as precious stones were.
Martin is a true admirer of diamonds, and because of it, the book is cut a bit like the precious stone itself.
Always wear a precious stone in a ring; hold a crystal in your mouth; for the virtue of precious stones is great.Early English Meals and Manners | Various
Gunsang means hermit, and Ngurbu is a very common name signifying precious stone.Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven Hedin
He wore a tall brimless Astrakhan hat, with a single precious stone on the front.Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 | Various
Sometimes they are as richly diaphanous as a precious stone, and glow from within with a deep, inexplicable light.Letters from America | Rupert Brooke
And the waves strewed the strand with gold and amber and ivory and pearls, and every sort of jewel and precious stone.Stories from the Faerie Queen | Edmund Spenser
British Dictionary definitions for precious stone
any of certain rare minerals, such as diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, or opal, that are highly valued as gemstones
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