ruby

About 3.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
2. noun A deep red colour.

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3. noun The tincture red or gules.
4. noun A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
5. noun A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
6. noun The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
7. noun A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.
8. noun A red spinel.

Similar words

carmine ruby-red crimson scarlet red reddish ruddy cerise cherry-red cherry

Often followed by

and laser was red had is in said ring

Word family

rubier rubies rubiest