gem

Plural: gems

Noun

art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"
a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
A gemma or leaf-bud.
A geometrid moth of the species Orthonama obstipata.
A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
A strong, dominating pitching performance.
Internet content of good quality.

Verb

Verb Forms: gemmed, gemming, gems

To adorn or set with gems.
To adorn with, or as if with, gems.

Examples

a gem of wit
Her strategy was to GEM the board with high-scoring words, making it sparkle.
She's an absolute gem.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.

Synonyms

gemstone, jewel, muffin, precious stone, stone, treasure, begem

Antonyms

brimstone, coal

Scrabble Score: 6

gem: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gem: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gem: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

gem: valid Words With Friends Word