[dʒeɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite
(e.g: a jade figurine)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from French le jade (earlier l'ejade), from Spanish piedra de ijada ‘stone of the flank’ (i.e. stone for colic, which it was believed to cure)

[dʒeɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

- an old or worn-out horse.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin