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jewellery

(ˈdʒuːəlrɪ) or

jewelry

n
1. (Jewellery) objects that are worn for personal adornment, such as bracelets, rings, necklaces, etc, considered collectively
2. (Jewellery) the art or business of a jeweller
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.jewellery - an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)jewellery - an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
bead - a small ball with a hole through the middle
bijou - a small and delicately worked piece
bling, bling bling - flashy, ostentatious jewelry; "the rapper was loaded with bling"
bangle, bracelet - jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
clip - an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
cufflink - jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt
earring - jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe
jewel, precious stone, gem - a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
pin - a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
ring, band - jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
tie clip - a piece of jewelry that holds a man's tie in place
gemstone, gem, stone - 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"
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jewellery

noun jewels, treasure, gems, trinkets, precious stones, ornaments, finery, regalia beautiful jewellery and silverware
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Translations
حُلي، مُجَوْهَراتمُجَوْهَرَاتٌ
klenotnictvíklenotyšperky
smykkesmykker
korut
nakit
ékszerékszerekékszerészbolt
skartgripur
宝石類
보석류
klenotníctvoklenoty
nakit
nakit
smycken
เครื่องเพชรพลอย
đồ nữ trang

jewellery

jewelry (US) [ˈdʒuːəlrɪ]
A. Njoyas fpl, alhajas fpl
a piece of jewelleryuna joya
B. CPD jewellery box Njoyero m
jewelry store N (US) → joyería f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jewellery

[ˈdʒuːəlri] jewelry (US) nbijoux mpljewellery box nboîte f à bijoux
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jewellery

, (US) jewelry
nSchmuck m no pl; a piece of jewelleryein Schmuckstück nt
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jewellery

jewelry (Am) [ˈdʒuːəlrɪ] ngioielli mpl, gioie fpl
a piece of jewellery → un gioiello
jewellery box → (cofanetto) portagioie m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

jewel

(ˈdʒuːəl) noun
a precious stone. rubies, emeralds and other jewels.
ˈjewelled , (American) ˈjeweled adjective
ornamented with jewels. a jewelled crown.
ˈjeweller , (American) ˈjeweler noun
a person who makes, or deals in, ornaments and other articles made of precious stones and metals.
ˈjewellery , (American) ˈjewelry noun
articles made or sold by a jeweller, and worn for personal adornment, eg bracelets, necklaces, brooches, rings etc.
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jewellery

مُجَوْهَرَاتٌ šperky smykker Schmuck κοσμήματα joyas korut bijoux nakit gioielli 宝石類 보석류 sieraden smykker biżuteria jóias драгоценности smycken เครื่องเพชรพลอย mücevherat đồ nữ trang 珠宝类
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References in classic literature ?
I shall sell my clothes, and my books, and my father's jewellery."
"I'm going into Tercanbury this afternoon to sell the jewellery."
"Any other article" was a phrase delicately implying jewellery, and more particularly some purple amethysts costing thirty pounds, which Lydgate had bought as a bridal present.
Dover says he will take a good deal of the plate back again, and any of the jewellery we like.
Wilcox's lace and jewellery "as a protest." Against what it would protest she was not clear; but being only eighteen, the idea of renunciation appealed to her, the more as she did not care for jewellery or lace.
The peasant folk, who are naturally malicious, and when they have nothing to do can be malice itself, remarked all this, and took note of his finery and jewellery, piece by piece, and discovered that he had three suits of different colours, with garters and stockings to match; but he made so many arrangements and combinations out of them, that if they had not counted them, anyone would have sworn that he had made a display of more than ten suits of clothes and twenty plumes.
There meet my gentle, matchless brothers, there I come, the obscure poet, all unfit To wear the radiant jewellery of wit, And in their golden presence cloud the air.
Edwin tells the tempter that he wears no jewellery but his watch and chain, which were his father's; and his shirt-pin.
('Now,' thought Mr Boffin, 'if he proposes a game at skittles, or meets a country gentleman just come into property, or produces any article of jewellery he has found, I'll knock him down!' With this discreet reflection, and carrying his stick in his arms much as Punch carries his, Mr Boffin turned into Clifford's Inn aforesaid.)
While he was putting up the other cast and coming down from the chair, the thought crossed my mind that all his personal jewellery was derived from like sources.
Passepartout wandered for several hours in the midst of this motley crowd, looking in at the windows of the rich and curious shops, the jewellery establishments glittering with quaint Japanese ornaments, the restaurants decked with streamers and banners, the tea-houses, where the odorous beverage was being drunk with saki, a liquor concocted from the fermentation of rice, and the comfortable smoking-houses, where they were puffing, not opium, which is almost unknown in Japan, but a very fine, stringy tobacco.
Is a new dress, a new custom, a new singer, a new dancer, a new form of jewellery, a new dwarf or giant, a new chapel, a new anything, to be set up?