"റൂബി" എന്ന വാക്കിന് അത് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന സന്ദർഭത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് നിരവധി അർത്ഥങ്ങളുണ്ട്. അതിന്റെ നിഘണ്ടു അർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ ചിലത് ഇതാ:
1. Arnvar smiled, revealing a false tooth carved out of ruby.
2. Their eyes met, his sparkling pools of liquid ruby looking deep into her own amber.
3. Ruby, her daughter, held tenaciously onto the teddy bear, the last semblance of a childhood that had been ripped from her.
4. They could afford to send Ruby here, but that meant sacrifices which both she and John agreed would be worthwhile.
5. Their lives were not blessed by the wealth that she witnessed every day she brought Ruby to school.
6. Ruby was her everything, and she would give her all to protect the child from the harshness of the world.
7. Liz could see that each tunnel led into an array of long tents, and she stepped down from the train, arms held up for Ruby to jump into.
8. Ruby protested at being made to strip naked, but Liz persisted until her child relented.
9. Last in line, Ruby and Liz stepped through into the shower area.
10. And if that meant Liz had to endure and suffer for decades so that John would keep his hands off Ruby, then that was exactly what she would do.