gem :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

n. a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

n. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

n. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

jewel, precious stone

n. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

wonder, marvel

n. something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"

trophy, prize

n. something given as a token of victory

jewel, gem, precious stone

n. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

windfall, gravy, bunce, godsend

n. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

treasure, hoarded wealth

n. accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"

bijou

n. a small and delicately worked piece

bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket

n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

jewel, gem, precious stone

n. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

decoration, ornament

n. something used to beautify

jewel, gem

n. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

adornment

n. a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness

gem, gemstone

n. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket

n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

decoration, ornament

n. something used to beautify

rock, stone

n. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"

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