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# beryl

«beryl» in Mova's school dictionary: **A hard mineral that forms crystals, found in many…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (beryl, beryls); proper noun (Beryl, a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hard mineral that forms crystals, found in many colours; green beryl is emerald and blue-green beryl is aquamarine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#m1)

2) (a name) Beryl is an old-fashioned girl's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on rocks and gems, beryl is an example of a crystal mineral. In stories, Beryl might be a grandmother's name. In the Bible, beryl is one of the precious stones listed in the city of heaven.

### examples

- Emerald is a green kind of beryl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#x1)
- The museum had a large beryl crystal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#x2)
- Aquamarine is a blue beryl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#x3)
- Great-aunt Beryl knitted me a scarf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#x4)
- Beryl contains the element beryllium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#x5)
- The jeweller polished the beryl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/#x6)

### note

Say «BERR-il». As a name, capital B. Countable for crystals, uncountable for the mineral in general.

### In the corpora

- [Emeralds are green beryl, and the finest came from Colombia, where the Spanish took them from the 1500s.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/14/)
- [and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.818/)
- [His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.82/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beryl» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beryl/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.