bracelet

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/ˈbɹeɪslət/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, broken, expensive, favourite, lost, medical, new, nice

She wore her favourite bracelet every day until it finally broke last month.

VERB + BRACELET

can't, gift, hid, made, noticed, sell, stole, wearing

She noticed the gold bracelet on her mother's wrist during their coffee.

BRACELET + NOUN

desk, mary, mary's, shoe, you're

She left her bracelet on the desk this morning and couldn't find it later.

PREP.

in, in, on

She wore a silver bracelet on her wrist every day.

Definitions

noun

A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.

Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.

The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.

A piece of defensive armour for the arm.

[…] and fastened on his breast by a buckle consisting of a Gorgoneion (with wings on temples and serpent-knot below chin), a sword-belt over right shoulder, bracelets, greaves (with lions' heads at the knees) and sandals.

verb

To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration

bangle

noun — a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wris

watchband
watchstrap
wristband

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.

Wiktionary

This watch is as expensive a gift as that bracelet.

Tatoeba · #58943

This bracelet is more expensive than that one.

Tatoeba · #60563

"Bracelet" is the same in French.

Tatoeba · #735980

That's a pretty strange-looking bracelet you're wearing.

Tatoeba · #954328

Usage Notes

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In some senses, bracelet is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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