Definition of Opals

1. Proper noun. (chiefly Australia) The women's national basketball representative team of Australia. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of opal) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Opals

1. opal [n] - See also: opal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opals

opalesces
opalescing
opaline
opaline patch
opalines
opalise
opalised
opalises
opalising
opalize
opalized
opalizes
opalizing
opalotype
opalotypes
opals
opanak
opaque
opaque gem
opaque microscope
opaqued
opaquely
opaqueness
opaquenesses
opaquer
opaques
opaquest
opaquing
opcode
opcodes

Literary usage of Opals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans by Frederick Albion Ober (1887)
"Fine opals in Esperanza and Amealco, State of Queretaro, and in Real del Monte ... The opals of Esperanza were discovered in 1855 by a servant of the place, ..."

2. Mexican Resources: A Guide to and Through Mexico by Frederick Albion Ober (1884)
"Fine opals in Esperanza and Amealco, State of Queretaro, and in Real del Monte ... The opals of Esperanza were discovered in 1855 by a servant of the place, ..."

3. Narragansett Ballads with Songs and Lyrics by Caroline Hazard (1894)
"Opals. WHY shouldst thou distrust my gift, Although opal be its name ? Thou shall not when I gently lift All the veils that hide its flame And show the ..."

4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"of opals luminous with sunset fires. Northward and westward, to the silvered rim of the horizon, stretched the Mediterranean's turquoise shield, ..."

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