meaning of diamond
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
4. A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
5. The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
6. The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
7. Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.
8. the baseball playing field
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