Thesaurus: ruby

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1. 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.
2. n. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
3. n. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
4. n. See Agate, n., 2.
5. n. Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
6. a. Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
7. v. t. To make red; to redden.
8. adj. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
9. n. a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
10. n. a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
11. n. a deep and vivid red color