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Definitions for Ruby

[1] a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
[2] something made of this stone or one of its imitations, as a bearing in a watch.
[3] a deep-red port wine.
[4] deep red; carmine.
[5] (initial capital letter ) Digital Technology . an open-source, high-level programming language that is purely object-oriented.
[6] British Printing . a 5½-point type, nearly corresponding in size to American agate.
[7] ruby-colored: ruby lips.
[8] containing or set or adorned with a ruby or rubies: a ruby necklace.
[9] a female given name.
[10] a deep red transparent precious variety of corundum: occurs naturally in Myanmar and Sri Lanka but is also synthesized. It is used as a gemstone, in lasers, and for bearings and rollers in watchmaking. Formula: Al 2 O 3
[11] the deep-red colour of a ruby (as adjective ) ruby lips
[12] something resembling, made of, or containing a ruby (as modifier ) ruby necklace
[13] (modifier) denoting a fortieth anniversary our ruby wedding
[14] (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 5 1 /2 point

Words related to Ruby

rose, flaming, maroon, glowing, cardinal, crimson, coral, wine, pink, cherry, sanguine, carmine, brick, blooming, blush, rust, copper, russet, puce, bittersweet

Words nearby Ruby

rubricyte, rubrospinal decussation, rubrum lily, rubstone, rubtsovsk, ruby, ruby glass, ruby laser, ruby silver, ruby spinel, ruby-crowned kinglet

Origin of Ruby

1275–1325; Middle English rubi (noun) from Old French, from Old Provençal robi(n) , from Medieval Latin rubīnus (lapis) “red (stone),” derivative of Latin ruber, rubeus red1

Other words from Ruby

ru·by·like , adjective

Word origin for Ruby

C14: from Old French rubi , from Latin rubeus reddish, from ruber red

Synonyms for Ruby

blooming, blowsy, bronzed, crimson, florid, flush, flushed, fresh, full-blooded, glowing, healthy, pink, red, red-complexioned, reddish, roseate, rosy, rubicund, sanguine, scarlet