JEWELLERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jewellery mean? 

• JEWELLERY (noun)
  The noun JEWELLERY has 1 sense:

1. an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)

  Familiarity information: JEWELLERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JEWELLERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

jewellery; jewelry

Hypernyms ("jewellery" is a kind of...):

adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)

Meronyms (parts of "jewellery"):

gem; gemstone; stone (a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jewellery"):

bead (a small ball with a hole through the middle)

bijou (a small and delicately worked piece)

bling; bling bling (flashy, ostentatious jewelry)

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)

gem; jewel; precious stone (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)

band; ring (jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger)

tie clip (a piece of jewelry that holds a man's tie in place)

Derivation:

jewel (adorn or decorate with precious stones)

 Context examples 

Once inside it, they have made her a prisoner, and they have become possessed of the valuable jewellery which has been their object from the first.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Miss Spenlow endeavoured, said Miss Murdstone, to bribe me with kisses, work-boxes, and small articles of jewellery—that, of course, I pass over.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He opened the case, and there, imbedded in soft, flesh-coloured velvet, lay the magnificent piece of jewellery which he had named.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There may be some difficulty, but I should think that the sale of the jewellery should be sufficient.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

M. Moser knew nothing of any valuable jewellery, but it had been remarked by the servants that the heavy trunk in the lady’s bedroom was always scrupulously locked.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was left with limited means, but with some very remarkable old Spanish jewellery of silver and curiously cut diamonds to which she was fondly attached—too attached, for she refused to leave them with her banker and always carried them about with her.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)