Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Ornaments, such as bracelets, necklaces, or rings, made of precious metals set with gems or imitation gems.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Jewelers' work; ornaments made by jewelers.
- n. The workmanship of a jeweler.
Wiktionary
- n. US, Canada alternative spelling of jewellery.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The art or trade of a jeweler.
- n. Jewels, collectively.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
Examples
“The term jewelry started from the Latin word "jocale" which means a plaything.”
“Although in the trailer we barely get to see a glimpse of the ring, the jewelry is already on sale, available in three prices: fashion for $35, fine for $479 and genuine, which is in fact a real diamond ring and costs about $1979.”
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“In 2006, she started what she described as a jewelry line made of trash and recycled materials.”
“They included a gun case embroidered with "Sarah" on it sent from Tennessee; a piece of glass elephant jewelry from a California woman, an embroidered cross-stitched blanket entitled "The Special Child" from a Texas woman; and a hand-painted plate with Palin's picture on from a stoneware studio in Kansas.”
“The jewelry is way under $100 and the bags are about $120 but almost everything is in that range.”
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“Rachel Zoe's jacket and shoes are Louis Vuitton, jeans are Seven For All Mankind, and jewelry is vintage.”
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“Actors are also avid people watchers, making note of the way they hold their bodies, have done their hair, chosen certain jewelry or items to carry with them.”
“But I've seen tourists and expats dressed like peacocks, strutting their stuff, dripping in jewelry, with all their valuables in flimsy fanny packs or purses and they are neon signs for "please rob me".”
“Investors that have flocked to gold this year will likely turn to other asset classes for better returns, leaving too few buyers to offset the falloff in jewelry demand, the bank said in a report.”
“A spokeswoman for Christie's said the jewelry is expected to fetch between $10 million and $12 million.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jewelry’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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color (multi)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, multi, descriptive, randomness )pastel, rainbow, gemstone, crystals, ore, minerals, elements, neon, northern lights, fur, sunset, sunrise and 98 more...
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Words I Don't Like to Say
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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words my 19-month-old daughter says
We'll skip people's names.
basketball, light, railroad, mommy, daddy, up, hand, gate, walk, kitty, doggie, cat and 145 more...
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the physical experience
wank, snog, tendon, sinew, sauce shelf, pet, arse, astigmatism, bisexual, brassiere, breast, climax and 186 more...
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OM3 Lesson 21
boutique, vest, purple, style, burgundy, olive, olive green, cotton, fabric, although, pure, smooth and 16 more...
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Most often mispronounced words
across, affidavit, antarctic, arctic, ask, athlete, barbiturate, barbed wire, business, cavalry, candidate, cardsharp and 50 more...
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pocketful of -ry
I'm curious about collectives formed with the suffix -ry. This list does not include words that primarily refer to a condition or relationship (rivalry is not a group of rivals) or to a practice or...
jewelry, circuitry, citizenry, jewry, masonry, freemasonry, peasantry, hobbitry, gannetry, mavenry, studentry, cousinry and 3 more...
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To Marji
compote, baker, pie, traveller, nurse, mother hen, executive, berkeley, seattle, friend, denver, punctilious and 55 more...
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Sandra's Lexicon
A grown-up friend's pet words
realtor, vice-versa, valentines, jewelry, asterisk, something
Tweets
Looking for tweets for jewelry.
bilby Simon says take off your jewellery and put it in this bag, then turn around and face the wall. Sep 11, 2009
austinshox Sandra says, "julary" Sep 11, 2009
rolig The British spelling is jewellery. Nov 23, 2008