noun
- a precious gemstone that is typically blue but can be other colors, consisting of crystallized aluminum oxide
- a bright blue color like that of a blue sapphire
adjective
- having a bright blue color like that of a sapphire
Examples
- She wore a beautiful sapphire ring on her finger.
- The engagement ring featured a large blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds.
- Pink sapphires are rarer than blue ones.
- The ocean had a sapphire color in the afternoon sun.
- Her sapphire eyes sparkled in the light.
- The jeweler showed us several sapphire necklaces.
- September’s birthstone is the sapphire.