agate
noun
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
agates
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pluralof agate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some 75% of sales of pieces including amethyst, sea glass and agates from her business, CindyLouWho2, based in Calgary, Alberta, come from Americans.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Glossy agates and tiny-dice surprises interrupt the labyrinth’s blue, gray, white and orange river stone path.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Another tour de force is “Rock Shop,” which centers on a display of sliced agates and geodes in colors that verge on the artificial — each stone is a little painting edged in glitter.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
It is hard not to be charmed by Lowell’s hyperventilating report on his agates and turtles and toy soldiers, but the word “mania” suggests that he suspected the darker fortunes to come.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
Cal was able to develop his marble game and set about gathering in all the chalkies and immies, glassies and agates, in the schoolyard.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
