Usually means: Blue gemstones, varieties of corundum.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word sapphires:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sapphires: Merriam-Webster
  2. sapphires: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sapphires: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sapphire's, Sapphires, sapphires: Wordnik
  5. sapphires: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sapphires: Wiktionary
  7. sapphires: Dictionary.com
  8. sapphires: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Sapphires (film), The Sapphires (play), The Sapphires: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Sapphires: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sapphires: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sapphire)

noun:  (countable) A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
noun:  (countable and uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
noun:  (countable and uncountable) A deep blue colour.
noun:  (heraldry) Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
noun:  (countable) Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
noun:  Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.
adjective:  of a deep blue colour.
adjective:  pertaining to a 45th year
noun:  A female given name from English from the precious stone.
noun:  A stereotype of an aggressive and domineering black woman.
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