OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 25376

lapis lazuli

/ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lapislázuli
A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
He saw the amber silk curtains wave to and fro: the middle window was open; in it stood a pillar of lapis lazuli, which supported an alabaster figure, Canova's Dansatrice.
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