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['daɪəmənd] 1.1) (stone) diamante m.2) (shape) rombo m., losanga f.3) (in baseball) diamante m.4) (in cards) carta f. di quadri2. 3.modificatore [ ring] con brillante, con brillanti; [ brooch] di brillanti; [ dust] di diamante; [ mine] di diamanti* * *1) (a very hard, colourless precious stone: Her brooch had three diamonds in it; ( also adjective) a diamond ring.) diamante2) (a piece of diamond (often artificial) used as a tip on eg a record-player stylus.) diamante3) (a kind of four-sided figure or shape; ♦: There was a pattern of red and yellow diamonds on the floor.) rombo4) (one of the playing-cards of the suit diamonds, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) quadri•- diamonds* * *diamond /ˈdaɪəmənd/n.1 [uc] (miner.) diamante, brillante: a diamond ring, un anello di diamante; a diamond necklace, una collana di brillanti3 [uc] (tipogr.) diamante; occhio di mosca4 [uc] ( delle carte da gioco) (carta di) quadri; (pl.) (seme di) quadri: the ace [queen, two] of diamonds, l'asso [la regina, il due] di quadri; I've only one diamond ( left) in my hand, mi è rimasto soltanto un quadri in mano6 ( sport: baseball) diamante, rombo ( settore del campo); ( anche) campo di baseball: diamond defence, difesa a rombo7 (fam.) vero amico; tesoro (fig.)● ( USA) diamond anniversary = diamond wedding ► sotto □ diamond-bearing, diamantifero □ (tecn.) diamond bit, tagliatore diamantato □ diamond cement, colla per fissare diamanti artificiali □ (mecc.) diamond chisel, scalpello a punta di diamante □ (ind. min.) diamond coring, carotaggio al diamante □ (autom.) diamond crossing, incrocio a losanga □ diamond-cut, tagliato a brillante □ diamond cuttery, taglieria di diamanti □ (ind. min.) diamond drill, sonda a diamanti □ diamond drilling, perforazione con sonda a diamanti □ diamond field, giacimento diamantifero □ diamond jubilee, giubileo di diamante □ (autom., in USA) diamond lane, corsia preferenziale ( riservata alle auto con più passeggeri) □ diamond mine, miniera di diamanti □ diamond panes, vetri romboidali □ (mecc.) diamond point, punta di diamante □ diamond saw, sega diamantata □ diamond sawing, taglio con sega diamantata □ (zool.) diamond snake ( Python spilotes), pitone diamantino; pitone tappeto □ diamond tool, utensile diamantato □ diamond wedding, nozze di diamante □ a rough diamond ( USA, a diamond in the rough), un diamante grezzo; (fig.) una brava persona ma un po' grezza.* * *['daɪəmənd] 1.1) (stone) diamante m.2) (shape) rombo m., losanga f.3) (in baseball) diamante m.4) (in cards) carta f. di quadri2. 3.modificatore [ ring] con brillante, con brillanti; [ brooch] di brillanti; [ dust] di diamante; [ mine] di diamanti
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