fire opal

noun

Any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.

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girasolgirasolegirosol
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Meanings

nounfire opal (countable and uncountable, plural fire opals)

plural fire opals

  1. uncountableusuallyAny transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.

    […] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal, the third seat an alexandrite, purple like wine by night but deep sea-green by day.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 2

    Synonyms: girasol, girasole, girosol

    1. countableusuallySuch opal serving as a gemstone.

      Synonyms: girasol, girasole, girosol, girasol, girasole, girosol

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.

Similar
girasolgirasolegirosol

nounSuch opal serving as a gemstone.

Similar
girasolgirasolegirosolgirasolgirasolegirosol

More synonyms by meaning

nounan opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors

Similar
girasol
Broader
opal
Also see
girasol

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish tuliopaali
  • tuliopaalireddish opal
Cite this entry
APA

fire opal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20opal

MLA

“fire opal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20opal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire opal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20opal.

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