Dictionary Entry
gem
gem is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A bud. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A bud.
- 2noun
A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
- 3noun
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.
- 4transitive verb
To put forth in the form of buds.
- 5transitive verb
To adorn with gems or precious stones.
- 6transitive verb
To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
- 7noun
art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
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- 8noun
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
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- 9noun
a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
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- 10noun
a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
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- 11noun
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"
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