Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gem
IPA transcription: [dʒ'ɛm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gem, treasure
    Meaning: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
Usage examples
  • Mr. Roberts looked at his gem expert.
  • The uncut gem Tom took away with him.
  • Well, what can this gem among Spiders do?
  • But, first of all, take it to a gem expert, and get his opinion.
  • Cat's-eye or Sun-stone of the Turks is a kind of gem found chiefly in Siberia.
  • In the rays of the moon it showed all the colors of the rainbow--a beautiful gem.
  • "The finest I have ever tested!" declared the other man, evidently Mr. Porter, the gem expert.
  • I woke and chid my honest fingers, -- The gem was gone; And now an amethyst remembrance Is all I own.
  • An expert gem merchant, to whom I took them, said he had never seen any diamonds like them, and he wanted to know where I got them.
  • "Though if this one proves to be a good gem, I'll have Mr. Track set it in a brooch, and give it to Mary for her birthday," decided the young inventor.