beads

/biːdz/
noun 1

Collocations

4

ADJ.

large, shiny, small, sweet, used

She wore a necklace of large shiny beads that caught the light beautifully.

VERB + BEADS

chips, counting, fiddling, fingering, like, lines, match, put

She was fingering the beads on her necklace nervously while waiting for her interview.

BEADS + NOUN

buttons, forehead, perspiration, rosary

Beads of perspiration rolled down his forehead as he ran the final mile.

PREP.

in, in, off, on, with

She strung the beads on a thin wire to make a bracelet.

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