necklace
/ˈnɛklɪs/US/ˈnɛkləs/
necklace noun: 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.
Noun
necklace (plural necklaces)
- 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.
- Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
- a necklace of coral islands
- A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
- Necklacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.4 August, 2004, “Necklacing: 7 held”, in Headline Pretoria News
Verb
necklace (third-person singular simple present necklaces, present participle necklacing, simple past and past participle necklaced)
- To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
- Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected...May 29 2003, The Star
- Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
necklace meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
necklace in Hindi
- jewelry
- हार hār, हँसली hãslī
necklace in Tamil
- jewelry
- அட்டிகை aṭṭikai
necklace in Marathi
- jewelry
- हार hār
necklace in Urdu
- jewelry
- ہار hār, مالا mālā
More languagesFewer languages
- necklace in Bengali
- হার har, মালা mala
- necklace in Telugu
- చంద్రహారం candrahāraṁ, కంఠిక kaṇṭhika, హారము hāramu
- necklace in Malayalam
- കണ്ഠമാല kaṇṭhamāla
- necklace in Kannada
- ಪಟ್ಟಡೆ paṭṭaḍe
- necklace in Punjabi
- ਹਾਰ hār
- necklace in Gujarati
- કંઠી kaṇṭhī
- necklace in Odia
- ମାଳା māḷā
- necklace in Sanskrit
- कण्ठभूषा kaṇṭhabhūṣā
- necklace in Sinhala
- මාලය mālaya
- necklace in Assamese
- হাৰ har
- necklace in Nepali
- माला mālā
- necklace in Pashto
- همېل hamel
- necklace in Tagalog
- binaysok, kuwintas
- necklace in Arabic
- قِلَادَة qilāda
- necklace in Malay
- rantai, kalung
- necklace in Indonesian
- kalung
- necklace in Persian
- گردن بند, هار hâr
- necklace in Thai
- สร้อย sɔ̂i
- necklace in Vietnamese
- chuỗi hạt
- necklace in Myanmar
- ဒါလီ dali, ဘယက် bha.yak, လည်ဆွဲ lanyhcwai:
Examples of necklace in a sentence
- Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution2000, Ineke Van Kessel, Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa:
- In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?2004, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid:
- In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.May 29 2003, The Star:
Forms of necklace
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | necklaces |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | necklaces |
| present participle | necklacing |
| past participle | necklaced |
| past | necklaced |
Origin of necklace
From neck + lace.
Words formed from necklace
Phrases with necklace
Words that rhyme with necklace
Questions about necklace
- What does necklace mean?
- Necklace means 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.
- What is necklace in Hindi?
- Necklace in Hindi is हार (hār), हँसली (hãslī). See Necklace meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use necklace in a sentence?
- Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
- What part of speech is necklace?
- Necklace can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce necklace?
- Necklace is pronounced /ˈnɛkləs/ (US).
- What is the plural of necklace?
- The plural of necklace is necklaces.
Words near necklace in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: necklace (page history and authors); माला (Nepali) (page history and authors). 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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