ruby
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
something made of this stone or one of its imitations, as a bearing in a watch.
a deep-red port wine.
deep red; carmine.
Ruby, Digital Technology. an open-source, high-level programming language that is purely object-oriented.
British Printing. a 5½-point type, nearly corresponding in size to American agate.
ruby-colored: ruby lips.
containing or set or adorned with a ruby or rubies: a ruby necklace.
Origin of ruby
1Other words from ruby
- ru·by·like, adjective
Words Nearby ruby
Other definitions for Ruby (2 of 2)
a female given name.
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How to use ruby in a sentence
One of them, about a shelter dog named ruby, is the basis for Netflix’s upcoming “Rescued by ruby.”
Some of Mattie and Eddie’s handiwork — ruby velvet curtains — have yet to be hung.
Mattie & Eddie’s channels the Irish spirit of a veteran chef’s grandparents | Tom Sietsema | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostTokuyama and her colleagues also noticed that a female bonobo named Chio, estimated to be in her mid-50s, had adopted an orphan the team dubbed ruby.
Two bonobos adopted infants outside their group, marking a first for great apes | Carolyn Wilke | March 18, 2021 | Science Newsruby’s father lost his job when he refused to pull his daughter from the school, and the local grocery store began turning away the family’s business.
Lucille Bridges, who stood by daughter Ruby through school desegregation, dies at 86 | Emily Langer | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostI tried to explain to ruby what had happened, and she listened, but I didn’t raise my kids with television so she listened and heard but didn’t necessarily grasp how crazy of a moment this brief moment was for me.
Catching Shade From Your (and the Beastie Boys’) Favorite TV Cop | Eugene Robinson | October 14, 2020 | Ozy
ruby also danced in a chorus of a Hollywood club for a while, as her marriage deteriorated and finally ended in divorce.
But ruby Pearl kept order, and the more responsibility she took the more Spahn relied upon her.
In the last few years, however, Spahn gradually began to notice changes in ruby Pearl.
After Spahn had obtained the movie ranch, ruby applied for a job there and was hired.
At one community fair, in Thousand Oaks, ruby met a man, a wrestler, who would become her next husband.
He went back to his praying mat and bent again toward the west, where the Holy Kaaba enshrines the ruby sent down from heaven.
The Red Year | Louis TracyAs a rule, ruby Ann was popular with the majority of the people, and there had been some opposition to a change.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesMrs. Biggs had not expected ruby Ann to call, and her face wore a vinegary expression when she opened the door to her.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesThen he spoke of ruby Ann, the biggest woman he ever saw, he believed, and just the one for a school-teacher.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesBut he did not want any money but his own spent for it, and he believed he'd speak to ruby Ann and have it put aside for him.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for ruby
/ (ˈruːbɪ) /
a deep red transparent precious variety of corundum: occurs naturally in Myanmar and Sri Lanka but is also synthesized. It is used as a gemstone, in lasers, and for bearings and rollers in watchmaking. Formula: Al 2 O 3
the deep-red colour of a ruby
(as adjective): ruby lips
something resembling, made of, or containing a ruby
(as modifier): ruby necklace
(modifier) denoting a fortieth anniversary: our ruby wedding
(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 5 1/2 point
Origin of ruby
1Derived forms of ruby
- ruby-like, adjective
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Scientific definitions for ruby
[ rōō′bē ]
A deep-red, translucent variety of the mineral corundum, containing small amounts of chromium and valued as a gem. Compare sapphire.
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