Word Meaning

ruby definition and meaning

n. A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.
n. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
n. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
n. See Agate, n., 2.
n. Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
a. Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
v. t. To make red; to redden.

Crossword clues for ruby

- 40th anniversary gem
- A gem
- Deep red
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- Gemstone
- July birthstone
- July stone
- Precious stone
- Red gem
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- Red jewel