semiprecious

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   used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones

   “such semiprecious stones as amethyst, garnet, jade, and tourmaline”

   Similarvaluable

Questions about semiprecious

What does semiprecious mean?

semiprecious means "used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones".

How many syllables are in semiprecious?

semiprecious has 4 syllables: sem-i-prec-ious. The stress falls on "prec". In IPA it is /ˌsɛmiˈpɹɛʃəs/.

Is semiprecious a common word?

semiprecious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with semiprecious?

1 word rhymes with semiprecious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.