gem

noun

1. 1

   art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

2. 2

   a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

3. 3

   a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

4. 4

   a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

5. 5

   a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

   he had the gem set in a ring for his wife

   she had jewels made of all the rarest stones