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Plural of necklace

regular plural

The plural of necklace is necklaces.

Forms of necklace

Singularnecklace /ˈnɛkləs/
Pluralnecklaces
Countablecountable

Necklaces in a sentence

  • A chokered neck's elegant line is underscored when augmented by a cascade of matching necklaces.2004, Harold Koda, Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed, page 26. From the entry chokered
  • Diana and I made necklaces of roseberries but what are roseberries compared to amethysts?1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables. From the entry roseberry
  • Another site, Rose Guardian, sells sharp-edged, cat-shaped "self-defense key-chains" and on Etsy you can find handmade switchblade necklaces.2014 August 11, Dimple Vijaykumar, “The Defender: the smart pepper spray device that photographs your assailant”, in Alan Rusbridger…. From the entry key-chain
  • Thirty-something men with slicked-back hair and bowling shirts, on dates with young women with pearl necklaces, bobs and tattoos.2013 January 23, Joshua David Stein, “The Slipper Room”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry thirty-something
  • Two retro Madonnabes in black bras and lace panty girdles walked by, snapping their gum and playing with their costume-jewelry necklaces.2007, Richard B. Schwartz, Proof of Purchase (A Jack Grant Mystery), Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 124. From the entry Madonnabe

Meaning of necklace

  1. 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.
  2. noun Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
  3. noun 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.

Full definition of necklace

Questions about the plural of necklace

What is the plural of necklace?
The plural of necklace is necklaces.
Is necklace countable?
Necklace is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necklace (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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