diamond ring
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see diamond, ring.
noun
By extension, an engagement ring, usually one given by a man to a woman.
Example Sentences
- "If that mocking bird don’t^([sic]) sing // Daddy’s going to buy me a diamond ring. // If that diamond ring don’t^([sic]) shine // Daddy’s going to buy me a bottle of wine."
- "If it were not a tradition that a woman shall accept from her fiance a diamond ring which the idiot cannot, in all probability, afford to give her — well, women would not accept them."
- "“Delvin, a diamond ring means you are engaged to be married. I barely know you.”"
- "He frowned slightly, whether at the loss of a potential sale or the unnaturalness of a single woman standing beside a handsome man and not lusting after a diamond ring I couldn't be sure."