SAPPHIRE

• (noun) a light shade of blue

  synonyms : azure , cerulean , lazuline , sky-blue

  Her dress was a pretty shade of azure. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• (noun) a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

• (adj.) of something having the color of a blue sapphire

  "sapphire eyes"

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