Turquoise
['tɜːkwɒɪz;-kwɑːz] or ['tɝkwɔɪz]
Definition
(noun.) a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; 'blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone'.
Checker: Phyllis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Turquois
(a.) Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
Checker: Rene
Definition
n. an opaque greenish-blue mineral from Persia valued as a gem essentially a phosphate of alumina harder than feldspar but softer than quartz occurring as thin veins in slate rock.—n. Turquoise′-green a pale colour between green and blue—also adj.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a torquoise,{sic} foretells you are soon to realize some desire which will greatly please your relatives. For a woman to have one stolen, foretells she will meet with crosses in love. If she comes by it dishonestly, she must suffer for yielding to hasty susceptibility in love.
Checker: Stella
Examples
- The Pharaohs of the 1st Dynasty were already working the copper and turquoise mines in the peninsula of Sinai. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She gave that funny guard to keep the turquoise on, as it's too big. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It had a flight of storks streaming through a turquoise sky of light, over a dark earth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The turquoise, a phosphate of aluminum colored with copper, is not synthetically produced, although various experiments with its manufacture have been made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sandwiched between the earth and the turquoise sky, the Atlantic lay gleaming like a huge silver wafer in the sunlight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checker: Maisie