different between garnet vs eclogite
garnet
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????(?).n?t/
Etymology 1
From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.
Noun
garnet (countable and uncountable, plural garnets)
- (mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
- A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
Derived terms
Related terms
- grenade
- pomegranate
Translations
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Adjective
garnet
- Of a dark red colour.
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Etymology 2
Noun
garnet (plural garnets)
- (nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.
Etymology 3
Verb
garnet (third-person singular simple present garnets, present participle garneting, simple past and past participle garneted)
- (transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.
Anagrams
- Gretna, Tanger, argent, gerant
Cebuano
Etymology
From English garnet, from Middle English granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gar?net
Noun
garnet
- (mineralogy) a hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives
- a dark red color, like that of the gemstone
Adjective
garnet
- of a dark red colour
Danish
Noun
garnet n
- definite singular of garn
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
garnet n
- definite singular of garn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
garnet n
- definite singular of garn
Swedish
Noun
garnet
- definite singular of garn
Anagrams
- regnat
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eclogite
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek ?????? (eklog?, “selection”), +? -ite.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??kl?d???t/
Noun
eclogite (countable and uncountable, plural eclogites)
- (petrology) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 101:
- Assiduoud field-workers have discovered little pods of a rock called eclogite in the rocks around San Bernardino.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 101:
Translations
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