ruby

IPA: rˈubi

A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
(obsolete) A red spinel.
(color) A deep red colour.
(heraldry) The tincture red or gules.
(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
A female given name from English.
(rare) A surname.
(rare) A male given name.
(computer languages) A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed in the 1990s.
A city in Alaska.
A ghost town in Arizona
A town in South Carolina.
A town in Wisconsin.
A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A curry; Short for Ruby Murray.

Examples of "ruby" in Sentences

Beware the woman of emeralds and ruby.
And that's the story of Ruby Bridges...
There are Ruby people who hate that it isn't like Ruby.
In a bid to add pathos to the drama, Ruby's part was expanded.
It was used as the theme song to the Japanese dub of Ruby Gloom.
Ruby and the other employees interact playfully during the song.
Ruby reconciled with the star while acting as makeup mortician to Vivian.
Ruby acts as mortician to a woman who was an enemy of hers back in the day.
A fine ring incised with a horse and another with a Venus like figure on ruby have also been found.