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diamond
Noun
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Diamond is a very hard mineral made from carbon that is shiny like glass.
The blades of cutting tools like saws and knives are sometimes coated in diamond.
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A diamond is a precious gemstone made from the mineral diamond.
The diamond is the birthstone of April.
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In geometry, a diamond is a rhombus shape, especially one that is taller than it is wide; big◊/big.
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In card games, the diamonds are one of the four playing card suits.
The diamonds and the hearts are the two red-colored suits.
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In cards games, a diamond is a card of the diamond suit.
I have three diamonds in my hand.
fund
Noun
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A fund is an amount of money kept for a specific purpose.
GM cannot afford to keep paying into the company pension fund.
Our fund-raising campaign has a target of $100,000.
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An organisation's funds are the money that it has.
The school is raising funds to pay for the new library.
The sports centre closed because of a lack of funds.
fund
Verb
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If you fund something, you give it money for its activities.
The project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada and the International Red Cross.
The university will no longer fund research into this drug.