carboncle — meaning in English
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English meaning
- carbuncle noun A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
Senses
carboncle is used for these senses in English:
- carbuncle (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
carbuncle — full definition
- noun A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
- noun A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
- noun An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
- noun An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.