TURQUOISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turquoise mean? 

• TURQUOISE (noun)
  The noun TURQUOISE has 2 senses:

1. a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate

2. a shade of blue tinged with green

  Familiarity information: TURQUOISE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURQUOISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone

Hypernyms ("turquoise" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

opaque gem (a gemstone that is opaque)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shade of blue tinged with green

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

aqua; aquamarine; cobalt blue; greenish blue; peacock blue; turquoise

Hypernyms ("turquoise" is a kind of...):

blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)

 Context examples 

She gave that funny guard to keep the turquoise on, as it's too big.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

All around the horizon are pale, fleecy clouds, never changing, never moving, like a silver setting for the flawless turquoise sky.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A buildup of planets in Pisces will coax you to be near water, so book a small hotel in a sunny climate overlooking powdery white sands, turquoise waters, and swaying palm trees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Next, he was no longer an onlooker but was himself in the canoe, Moti was crying out, they were both thrusting hard with their paddles, racing on the steep face of the flying turquoise.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She dried her tears quickly, restrained her impatience to see her mother, and never even thought of the turquoise ring, when the old lady heartily agreed in Laurie's opinion, that she behaved 'like a capital little woman'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Then he saw himself, sitting forward in the canoe as he had often sat in the past, dipping a paddle that waited Moti's word to dig in like mad when the turquoise wall of the great breaker rose behind them.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You could even meet in a resort, such as if you were to go skiing with friends, or if you live in a warm climate below the equator (where it is summer now), you might try renting a cottage by the turquoise sea where other singles go to relax.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The first one who is affianced will have the pearls, Madame has said it, and I have a fancy that the little turquoise ring will be given to you when you go, for Madame approves your good behavior and charming manners.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The scent of the spice islands was in his nostrils as he had known it on warm, breathless nights at sea, or he beat up against the southeast trades through long tropic days, sinking palm-tufted coral islets in the turquoise sea behind and lifting palm-tufted coral islets in the turquoise sea ahead.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When he had gone, she went to her little chapel, and sitting in the twilight, prayed for Beth, with streaming tears and an aching heart, feeling that a million turquoise rings would not console her for the loss of her gentle little sister.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)