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diamond noun 1 a crystalline allotrope of carbon, colourless when pure and the hardest known mineral, highly prized as a gemstone. 2 a piece of this substance or a synthetic form of it, used in cutting tools, etc. 3 a rhombus. 4 cards a (diamonds) one of the four suits of playing-cards, with red rhombus-shaped symbols (

diamondsb one of the playing-cards of this suit. 5 a baseball pitch, or the part of it between the bases. adj1 resembling, made of or marked with diamonds. 2 rhombus-shaped.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c as diamaunde: from French diamant, from Latin and Greek adamas steel or diamond.

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