jade
noun/dʒeɪd/
/dʒeɪd/
[uncountable]- a hard stone that is usually green and is used in making jewellery and beautiful objects
- a jade necklace
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- objects made of jade
- a collection of Chinese jade
- (also jade green)a bright green colourMore Like This Colour compoundsColour compoundsTopics Colours and Shapesc2
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French le jade (earlier l'ejade), from Spanish piedra de ijada ‘stone of the flank’ (i.e. stone for colic, which it was believed to cure).
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