ruby B2 Topic:Materials & Substances US /ˈɹuː.bi/ UK /ˈruːbi/ See IPA manual Freq #4347 Meanings 1 noun a deep red precious stone, a variety of corundum The ring held a small ruby between two diamonds. 2 noun a deep vivid red color The sunset faded from orange into ruby. 3 noun the Ruby programming language, used especially for web applications The backend was written in Ruby with Rails. 4 adj deep red in color She wore ruby earrings that matched her scarf. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a deep red precious stone,... gemstonejewel 2 noun · a deep vivid red color crimsondeep red 3 noun · the ruby programming... Ruby language 4 adj · deep red in color crimsonred Word family Derived forms ruby-redrubious Related forms corundumrougerubricrufous Etymology From Middle English ruby, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubinus, connected with Latin rubeus (red). Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ruby **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɹuː.bi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈruːbi/ **Frequency rank:** 4347 ## Meanings 1. a deep red precious stone, a variety of corundum 2. a deep vivid red color 3. the Ruby programming language, used especially for web applications 4. deep red in color ## Examples - The ring held a small ruby between two diamonds. - The sunset faded from orange into ruby. - The backend was written in Ruby with Rails. - She wore ruby earrings that matched her scarf. ## Synonyms - gemstone - jewel - crimson - deep red ## Derived Forms - ruby-red - rubious ## Related Forms - corundum - rouge - rubric - rufous ## Etymology From Middle English ruby, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubinus, connected with Latin rubeus (red). ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown