jewelry

jew·el·ry  (jl-r)

n.

Ornaments, such as bracelets, necklaces, or rings, made of precious metals set with gems or imitation gems.

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Jewelry 

See Also: CLOTHING

1. A pear-shaped diamond, as big as your thumb —Paige Mitchell
2. An assortment of costly [and of questionable taste] stones … very much like something Hansel and Gretel might well have plucked from the witch’s house to eat —Henry Van Dyke
3. Bracelets seemed to grow up her arms like creeping plants —Nadine Gordimer
4. Bracelets … warm and heavy, alive like flesh —Elizabeth Taylor
5. A diamond as big as an Englishman’s monocle —Lael Wertenbaker
6. A diamond as big as the Ritz —F. Scott Fitzgerald

   This served as the title for a famous Fitzgerald story.

7. A diamond … as big as your fourth fingernail —Gerald Kersch
8. Diamond pinkie rings sputtering like neon on his manicured fingers —Jonathan Valin
9. Diamonds as big as grapes —Louis Adamic
10. Diamonds as big as potatoes —Henry James
11. Diamonds flashed … like drops of frozen light —Paige Mitchell
12. Earrings tiny as pinheads —Richard Ford
13. A medallion that could have anchored the Queen Mary —William Mcllvanney
14. Necklace … flashed like summer lightning —Anais Nin
15. Pearl … shaped like the full moon, and whiter than the morning star —Oscar Wilde
16. (Wedding) ring … pink gold like the morning light —Anon
17. Rubies as big as hen’s eggs, and sapphires that were like gloves with lights inside them —F. Scott Fitzgerald
18. Rubies like cherries, sapphires like grapes —Isak Dinesen
19. Rubies like headlights —Philip Levine
20. She was encrusted with jewels like a Maharini —MacDonald Harris

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

jewelry - an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) jewellery 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"

Translations

jewelry → مجوهرات 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