necklace

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An ornament worn around the neck.
2. n. Something felt to resemble this neck ornament, as in shape: a necklace of hundreds of tiny islands.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Any flexible ornament worn round the neck, us one of shells, coins, beads, or flowers.
2. n. A band or tie for the neck, of lace, silk, or the like, worn by women.
3. n. A noose or halter.
4. n. Nautical, a chain about a lower mast, to which the futtock-shrouds were formerly secured; a strap girding a lower mast and carrying leading-blocks.
5. n. In ceramics, a molding or continuous ornament applied to the shoulder or neck of a vase or bottle, especially when twisted, divided into beads, or the like.
6. To form into a necklace; encircle or surround with, or as with, a necklace.

Wiktionary

1. n. An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
2. n. figuratively Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
3. n. South Africa A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
4. v. South Africa To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.
2. n. (Naut.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)