Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: turquoise
IPA transcription: [t'ɝkwɔɪz]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: greenish_blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt_blue, peacock_blue
    Meaning: a shade of blue tinged with green
  • Synonyms: turquoise
    Meaning: a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; "blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone"
Usage examples
  • The deep water, with a white base of coral sand, flashed in emerald, turquoise, or sapphire blue.
  • She saw the terrible sea which she had crossed to come to him--the white-crested waves, with turquoise lights and indigo depths, shifting and sliding unceasingly where all the world seemed swallowed in space, and the huge steamship so small a thing in the vast and perilous deep; and now--now she was here.