English-Italian translations for agate

• agata

Definition of agate

• A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds
• One fourteenth of an inch
• A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing
• A testicle
• On the way; agoing

Synonyms

• ruby
• aggie

Examples

• to be agate; to set the bells agate

Related words

• propagate
• bagatelle
• divagate
• gagate
• extravagate
• Elsagate
• agate grey