zirconia
- n a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
- The network heavily pushes such items as porcelain music boxes and imitation diamonds called cubic zirconia.
- So bemoan the corruption of the season if you must, but remember: that cubic zirconia ring isn't some needless trinket; it is a corpuscle in the bloodstream of a mighty economic .
- But years of selling such schlock as silver bracelets and cubic-zirconia rings, plus a series of scandals, mired the medium at the low end of the retail business, even as it grew .