Meaning & use
Diamante
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Decorated with small pieces of glass or crystal cut and set to resemble diamonds.
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She wore a diamante clip in her hair for the awards ceremony.
The dress was covered in diamante studs that caught the stage lights.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French and Italian for 'diamond'; also the name of a seven-line poem form shaped like a diamond.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A short poem of seven lines arranged in a diamond shape, often contrasting two opposite ideas.
The students wrote a diamante poem that moved from 'winter' to 'summer.'
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