hard mass
Americannoun
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Jewelry. a hard glass used for imitating gemstones.
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(not in technical use)
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any glass for imitating gemstones, especially emerald.
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any of certain synthetic gemstones.
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Example Sentences
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The magma then cooled relatively quickly to form granite, and the surrounding rock eroded away, “leaving just the very resistant hard mass of Ailsa Craig poking up out of the water,” Faithfull says.
From Scientific American • Feb. 8, 2014
The difference between a star and the hard mass of a rock.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2014
In fact, getting in and out of Red Hook without a car or a bike can be hard: mass transit is limited to the water taxi, the B-61 bus and the Ikea shuttle.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2012
The Surgeon probed the hole, felt a hard mass.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her reverie, once rich in plausible details, had become a passing silliness before the hard mass of the actual.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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