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rhinestone

[ rahyn-stohn ]

noun

  1. an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.


rhinestone

/ ˈraɪnˌstəʊn /

noun

  1. an imitation gem made of paste
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rhinestone1

1885–90; Rhine + stone (translation of French caillou du Rhin )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rhinestone1

C19: translation of French caillou du Rhin , referring to Strasbourg, where such gems were made
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Example Sentences

Expect rhinestone realness from pop's current queen of all things shiny, girly, and extravagant.

Sixteen years old and she wore a turban with a rhinestone in the middle of it.

Ensuring that her midriff is still exposed, Cyrus is obviously wearing a rhinestone crop top to match the basketball.

Enormously Oversized Rhinestone Earrings J. Crew is revered for its ability quirk up standby classics.

She had carefully placed a stick-on rhinestone tattoo of a heart on her right arm.

Took it roun' to Eisenstein; he said it was a rhinestone,Kind, he said, he didn't give a dam fur.

From red note-paper; from a rhinestone-studded comb in my hair; from weddings: Kind Devil, deliver me.

Julia seriously inspected the rhinestone comb that glittered there.

She wore her chain and a new rhinestone brooch and all her rings.

You'd have been hit by that horse if you had picked up nothing more valuable than a rhinestone buckle.

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