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gem
noun
Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
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d͡ʒɛm
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noun
Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
noun
A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
noun
A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
noun
A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
noun
A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
“He had the gem set in a ring for his wife”
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He had the gem set in a ring for his wife
She had jewels made of all the rarest stones
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