jade
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++jade /dʒeɪd/ noun [uncountable] 1 
DCJa hard, usually green, stone often used to make jewellery 碧玉；翡翠 a jade necklace 翡翠项链2. (also jade green)CC the light green colour of jade 翡翠色；绿玉色
DCJa hard, usually green, stone often used to make jewellery 碧玉；翡翠 a jade necklace 翡翠项链2. (also jade green)CC the light green colour of jade 翡翠色；绿玉色Examples from the Corpus
jade• There had been stone dragons, and jade dragons so delicate that they disintegrated at a puff of breath.• Uncle Shim would dab his mouth with a silk handkerchief, adjusting his green jade bowtie.• I don't deal in jade.• Indeed it is hardly too much to speak of jade and gold as embodying distinct standards of value.• That sort of green, a clear, pale, jade, was her colour.• Silk, jade and spices became valued commodities.• She stole the jade but she's trying to put the blame on me.• Drinking water in which jade has been soaked will strengthen your body.Origin jade (1500-1600) French from early Spanish (piedra de la) ijada “(stone of the) lower back”; because it was believed that jade cures pain in the kidneysjade nounChinese
used stone to usually Corpus green, often a hard,
jade
jade /dʒeɪd/
noun [uncountable]
1. a hard, usually green stone often used to make jewellery:
a jade necklace
2. (also jade green) the light green colour of jade
jade /dʒeɪd/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: from early Spanish (piedra de la) ijada '(stone of the) lower back'; because it was believed that jade cures pain in the kidneys
Language: French
Origin: from early Spanish (piedra de la) ijada '(stone of the) lower back'; because it was believed that jade cures pain in the kidneys
1. a hard, usually green stone often used to make jewellery:
2. (also jade green) the light green colour of jade