jewellery
Syllables: jew'el·lery/ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)lɹi//ˈd͡ʒʊ-/
jewellery noun: collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
Noun
jewellery (usually uncountable, plural jewelleries)
- Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
- The jewellery was very expensive in that shop.
- She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.
- Synonyms:
- bling, bling-bling, tom, tomfoolery
- Any tools, instruments, devices, etc., placed within a drill pipe.
- The rig simply retrieves the old pipe and runs a new pipe back in the hole (the completion string). Any special items on the string other than the pipe itself are referred to as "jewellery". These can be any number of things, from down-hole motors to mandrels and radioactive sources for survey...2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44
- The shop from which a jeweller trades or makes jewellery
jewellery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
jewellery in Hindi
- personal ornamentation
- आभूषण ābhūṣaṇ, गहना gahnā
jewellery in Tamil
- ஆபரணங்கள், நகை
jewellery in Marathi
- personal ornamentation
- दागिने dāgine, दागदागिने dāgdāgine, जडजवाहिर jaḍajvāhir
jewellery in Urdu
- personal ornamentation
- جَواہِرات javāhirāt, جَواہِر javāhir
More languagesFewer languages
- jewellery in Bengali
- গয়না goẏna
- jewellery in Telugu
- ఆభరణాలు, నగలు, నగలను
- jewellery in Malayalam
- ആഭരണം ābharaṇaṁ
- jewellery in Kannada
- ರತ್ನಾಭರಣಗಳು, ಒಡವೆಗಳು, ನಗಗಳು
- jewellery in Punjabi
- ਗਹਿਣਿਆਂ, ਗਹਿਣਿਆਂ ਦੀ, ਗਹਿਣੇ
- jewellery in Gujarati
- ઘરેણું ghareṇũ
- jewellery in Odia
- ଅଳଙ୍କାର
- jewellery in Assamese
- গহনা gohona
- jewellery in Nepali
- गहना, गहनाहरू
- jewellery in Pashto
- ګاڼه gānna, کالي kāli, جواهر jawāher
- jewellery in Tagalog
- alahas
- jewellery in Arabic
- مُجَوْهَرَات mujawharāt
- jewellery in Thai
- อัญมณี an-yá-má-nii
- jewellery in Vietnamese
- đồ châu báu, đồ nữ trang, đồ kim hoàn
- jewellery in Myanmar
- လက်ဝတ်ရတနာ lak-watra.ta.na, လက်ဝတ်လက်စား lak-watlakca:
Examples of jewellery in a sentence
- Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin...
- Any special items on the string other than the pipe itself are referred to as "jewellery".2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44:
Synonyms of jewellery
Forms of jewellery
| plural | jewelleries |
|---|---|
| alternative Canada US sometimes | jewelry |
Origin of jewellery
Inherited from Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel + -ery.
Words formed from jewellery
Phrases with jewellery
Questions about jewellery
- What does jewellery mean?
- Jewellery means collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
- What is jewellery in Hindi?
- Jewellery in Hindi is आभूषण (ābhūṣaṇ), गहना (gahnā). See Jewellery meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use jewellery in a sentence?
- Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”
- What part of speech is jewellery?
- Jewellery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce jewellery?
- Jewellery is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)lɹi/.
- What is the plural of jewellery?
- The plural of jewellery is jewelleries.
Words near jewellery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jewellery (page history and authors); jewellery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গয়না (Bengali) (page history and authors); jewellery (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jewellery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jewellery (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ઘરેણું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); jewellery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jewellery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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