garnet
[ gahr-nit ]
/ ˈgɑr nɪt /
noun
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
a deep-red color.
Origin of garnet
1275–1325; Middle English
garnet, gernate < Old French
gernate, grenade < Latin
grānātum granular; cf.
pomegranate
OTHER WORDS FROM garnet
gar·net·like, adjectiveWords nearby garnet
Definition for garnet (2 of 2)
Garnet
[ gahr-nit ]
/ ˈgɑr nɪt /
noun
Henry Highland,1815–82,
U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
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British Dictionary definitions for garnet (1 of 2)
garnet
1
/ (ˈɡɑːnɪt) /
noun
any of a group of hard glassy red, yellow, or green minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, manganese, chromium, magnesium, and aluminium in cubic crystalline form: used as a gemstone and abrasive. Formula: A 3 B 2 (SiO 4) 3 where A is a divalent metal and B is a trivalent metal
Derived forms of garnet
garnet-like, adjectiveWord Origin for garnet
C13: from Old French
grenat, from
grenat (adj) red, from
pome grenate
pomegranate
British Dictionary definitions for garnet (2 of 2)
garnet
2
/ (ˈɡɑːnɪt) /
noun
nautical
a tackle used for lifting cargo
Word Origin for garnet
C15: probably from Middle Dutch
garnaat
Scientific definitions for garnet
garnet
[ gär′nĭt ]
Any of several common red, brown, black, green, or yellow minerals having the general chemical formula A3B2SiO8, where A is either calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), or manganese (Mn) and B is either aluminum (Al), manganese, iron, chromium (Cr), or vanadium (V). Garnet crystals are dodecahedral in shape, transparent to semitransparent, and have a vitreous luster. They usually occur in metamorphic rocks but also occur in igneous and sedimentary rocks.