ruby
noun
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
ruby-like
-
a word derived from
ruby.
Example Sentences
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Here is what you can’t see from the rear mezzanine of a theater: the flocked velvet, the ruby-like rhinestones, the layered fabrics that shape a lush rosette atop each dance pump.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
A small quantity of the oxide of gold tints glass pink, but the colour becomes extremely rich and ruby-like, when a larger quantity of the oxide is employed.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
On the parched lips of the sick girl appeared ruby-like drops of blood; her eyes were opened very widely; to her forehead, which was damp from perspiration, some slender locks of pale, yellow hair adhered.
From The Argonauts by Curtin, Jeremiah
Far off, on the slope of a low, bordering hill, the red doors of a barn glowed ruby-like in the transfiguring sun.
From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
It is usually of a redder purple, and by artificial light is almost ruby-like in its color.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram
