Read full poem →A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair;
And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear;
Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near.
Dictionary Entry
A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
In a Sentence
“The saw is coated with diamond.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. diamondring diamondjubilee diamondfields diamondnecklace diamondmines diamonddiamond blackdiamond baseball
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “diamond”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But serves for her familiar wear;
The far-fetch’d diamond finds its home
Flashing and smouldering in her hair;
Read full poem →On thee to smite
Solely, as on a diamond stalactite,
And in mid-darkness lit a rainbow's blaze,
Read full poem →Agate, Pearl and Diamond.
Size. In size, letters are known as Small Letters
Read full poem →But not the riches there that lie
In each idol's diamond eye--
Not the gaily-jewelled dead
Read full poem →But not the riches there that lie
In each idol's diamond eye.
Not the gaily-jewell'd dead
Read full poem →And I wore tight trousers
And a diamond stud,
I was an excellent knave of hearts and took many a trick.
Read full poem →I am all at once what Christ is, ' since he was what I am, and
This Jack, joke, poor potsherd, ' patch, matchwood, immortal diamond,
Is immortal diamond.
Read full poem →The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there!
Down in dim woods the diamond delves! the elves'-eyes!
The grey lawns cold where gold, where quickgold lies!