American English pronunciation

How to pronounce diamond

IPA transcription: ['daɪmənd]

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['daɪmənd]

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['daɪmənd]

Quality: 1.00

Noun

  • the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

  • a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

  • very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

  • the baseball playing field

  • a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

  • a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it

    “he led a small diamond”

    “diamonds were trumps”

Usage examples

  • Recently, a train-viewing complex was built at the southwest corner of the diamond.
  • With this honor, the Asscher Diamond Company became the Royal Asscher Diamond Company.
  • Just outside the portal is a diamond crossover linking the two tracks.
  • Many supersonic aircraft wings are designed around a thin diamond shape.
  • Operated by National Express West Midlands, Diamond Bus, Hanson's Local Buses and Arriva Midlands.
  • It was found in the Premier Diamond Mine of South Africa.
  • Some have produced uranium, gold or diamonds.
  • It has since sold over ten million copies there and was certified diamond.
  • You liked the platinum one with the diamonds.
  • The Kremlin Armoury is currently home to the Russian Diamond Fund.