Definitions for sapphires

sapphires sap·phire

Spelling: [saf-ahyuh r]
IPA: /ˈsæf aɪər/

Sapphires is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 439 anagrams from letters in sapphires (aehipprss).

Definitions for sapphires

noun

  1. any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
  2. a gem of this kind.
  3. the color of this gem, a deep blue.

adjective

  1. resembling sapphire; deep blue:

Origin of sapphires

1225-75; Latin sapphīrus Greek sáppheiros, probably Semitic (compare Hebrew sappīr; ulterior origin obscure); replacing Middle English safir Old French Latin, as above

Examples for sapphires

Of course, Mr. Bunter, the mate of the sapphire, was not black.

“In my original notes I had that Precious would have a baby girl, then here comes this boy,” sapphire says with a laugh.

“The logical or realistic way this story would end up would be total disaster,” says sapphire.

The harbor lay still and beautiful, a sapphire sheet in the morning calm.

One sapphire, Kay, falls for a black soldier, even as she struggles with her Aboriginal identity.

Look out, Johns, he don't cut your throat for you and run off with the sapphire.

sapphire says that had she not already finished much of The Kid, the criticism would have “stopped me dead in my tracks.”

If you will force my modesty to the confession I believe in my heart that it is a sapphire.

This last was true of them all, with the exception of the mate of the sapphire.

His highly acclaimed, and highly controversial, 2009 film, Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by sapphire, is a case in point.

Word Value for sapphires
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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