sapphire
any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
a gem of this kind.
the color of this gem, a deep blue.
resembling sapphire; deep blue: a sapphire sky.
Origin of sapphire
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How to use sapphire in a sentence
As the largest of the Great Lakes, the sapphire blue waters and waves of Lake Superior can often feel like a vast, unending ocean to a passing motorist.
What you are getting is TAG Heuer design and materials, like a steel watch body and a superhard sapphire touchscreen.
The $2,000 Super Mario smartwatch you’ve always wanted is here | Ron Amadeo | July 14, 2021 | Ars TechnicaIf you’re looking for those sapphire-hued lake vistas, you’ll want to leash up your pooch and take them for a stroll along the park’s quarter-mile paved promenade at Rim Village.
Something about the impossibly deep sapphire water carries an almost mystical quality that grabs you by the retinas and doesn’t let go.
Otherworldly Adventure at Crater Lake National Park | Emily Pennington | March 24, 2021 | Outside OnlineMy partner and I rented a houseboat, loaded up on groceries, and were soon cruising around a vast expanse of sapphire water flecked with small islands.
One sapphire, Kay, falls for a black soldier, even as she struggles with her Aboriginal identity.
‘The Sapphires’: Tony Briggs and His Mum on Racism in Australia, Music & More | Jean Trinh | March 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis highly acclaimed, and highly controversial, 2009 film, Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by sapphire, is a case in point.
Lee Daniels: Cannes Film Festival’s Mischief Maker | Richard Porton | May 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“In my original notes I had that Precious would have a baby girl, then here comes this boy,” sapphire says with a laugh.
sapphire says that had she not already finished much of The Kid, the criticism would have “stopped me dead in my tracks.”
“The logical or realistic way this story would end up would be total disaster,” says sapphire.
If you want to make a synthetic sapphire, you start with a seed sapphire, and the artificial process builds up on that.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller LoomisHer Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousSometimes sky and sea have been steeped in dazzling haze of golden glare, sometimes brightened to blue of a sapphire depth.
She was sitting on a low divan, head bent, slowly turning a sapphire ring on her finger, round and round.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. ChambersWe proceeded moderately and sedately upon our shining way, skirting the sapphire sea, dotted here and there with green islands.
Italian Days and Ways | Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
British Dictionary definitions for sapphire
/ (ˈsæfaɪə) /
any precious corundum gemstone that is not red, esp the highly valued transparent blue variety. A synthetic form is used in electronics and precision apparatus. Formula: Al 2 O 3
(as modifier): a sapphire ring
the blue colour of sapphire
(as adjective): sapphire eyes
Origin of sapphire
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Scientific definitions for sapphire
[ săf′īr′ ]
A clear, fairly pure form of the mineral corundum that is usually blue but may be any color except red. It often contains small amounts of oxides of cobalt, chromium, and titanium and is valued as a gem. Compare ruby.
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