rhinestone

English

Etymology

Rhine +‎ stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).

Noun

rhinestone (plural rhinestones)

1. An artificial diamond, strass.

   Synonym: strass

   Lucinda sewed rhinestones into her scarf to add a bit of flair.

Derived terms

• rhinestone cowboy

Translations

an artificial diamond

• Bulgarian: изкуствен диамант m (izkustven diamant)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萊茵石／莱茵石

• Faroese: rínarsteinur m
• French: strass (fr) m
• German: Strass (de) m
• Greenlandic: aligoq
• Ido: straso (io)
• Irish: réinchloch f
• Japanese: ラインストーン (rainsutōn)
• Korean: 라인석 (rainseok)
• Portuguese: strass
• Russian: страз (ru) m (straz)
• Swedish: strass (sv) c
• Welsh: rheinston m

Adjective

rhinestone (not comparable)

1. Made of or encrusted with rhinestones.

   Karl wore a cowboy hat with a rhinestone hatband when he played his country and western gigs.

   • 2010, “Rhinestone Eyes”, in Plastic Beach, performed by Gorillaz:

     I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower / That you made with plastic power / Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away

Verb

rhinestone (third-person singular simple present rhinestones, present participle rhinestoning, simple past and past participle rhinestoned)

1. (transitive) To decorate with rhinestones.

Further reading

• rhinestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• enthronise, threonines