"birthstone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: birthstones [plural]
Etymology: birth + stone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|birth|stone}} birth + stone Head templates: {{en-noun}} birthstone (plural birthstones)
  1. Any of twelve gemstones traditionally associated with the month of one's birth.
    Sense id: en-birthstone-en-noun-IWG5AeDf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. Any of a similar list of less costly substitutes.
    Sense id: en-birthstone-en-noun-yxhkfwpX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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