Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
- Example: "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"- Example: "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"[syn: gem, gemstone, stone]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gemstone
n 1: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for
jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she
had jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: gem,
gemstone, stone]