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# diamond

noun (diamond, diamonds); adjective (diamond)

«diamond» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A diamond is a very hard, clear, sparkling precious stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#m1)
2. A diamond is a shape with four equal sides standing on one of its corners, like ◊ — in maths called a rhombus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#m2)
3. Diamonds is one of the four suits in a pack of cards, with red ◊ shapes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#m3)
4. In baseball, the diamond is the field with four bases. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#m4)
5. Informally, calling someone a diamond means they are a kind, good person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science, diamond is the hardest natural material and is made of carbon. In maths, a diamond shape is a rhombus (or a square turned on its corner). In everyday life: diamond rings, playing cards, kites. Phrases: «diamond ring», «diamond shape», «the seven of diamonds».

### Examples

- She wore a ring with a small diamond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x1)
- Diamond is the hardest natural material on Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x2)
- Draw a diamond with four equal sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x3)
- I picked the queen of diamonds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x4)
- The kite was shaped like a diamond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x5)
- Diamonds are dug out of the ground in mines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x6)
- The players ran around the baseball diamond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x7)
- ‘No doubt you are a diamond?’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/#x8)

### Note

Pronounced «DY-mund» or «DY-a-mund». Countable: «a diamond», «diamonds». In maths, the proper name for the shape is «rhombus»: four equal sides, opposite sides parallel, opposite angles equal; a square is a special rhombus. A deck has 13 diamonds out of 52 cards (one quarter).

## In Jewish tradition

A very hard stone used as a point for cutting, a picture of something that cannot be erased.

**Interpretation.** Jeremiah says Judah's sin is carved as if with a diamond point, which tradition reads as sin so deep it cannot be wiped away without repentance.

### Examples

- The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars. (Prophets JER.17.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diamond/#x1)

### Note

Pronounced «DY-mund» or «DY-a-mund». Countable: «a diamond», «diamonds». In maths, the proper name for the shape is «rhombus»: four equal sides, opposite sides parallel, opposite angles equal; a square is a special rhombus. A deck has 13 diamonds out of 52 cards (one quarter).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «diamond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diamond/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«diamond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diamond.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «diamond» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/diamond/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«diamond» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/diamond.html) on Mova free.