jewelry — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, little, old, open, recovered, trying

She inherited all her grandmother's jewelry and kept it in a velvet box.

VERB + JEWELRY

broke, buying, contains, newly-opened, opened, part, sell, sells

She was buying jewelry for her mother's birthday gift last weekend.

JEWELRY + NOUN

architecture, basketry, fashion

The jewelry architecture of the ancient temple featured intricate gold designs and precious gemstones.

PREP.

in, in, into, with

She invested in jewelry as a way to save money for retirement.

ADV.

away

She gave away her grandmother's jewelry to her younger sister last year.

Definitions

noun

1

US standard spelling of jewellery.

“The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.

verb

1

To make jewelry.

He was using all the arts of barbering, livery stabling, jewelrying, oratorying, and tailoring.

The members of this family have an honest and honorable record in their dealings and relations in every way, preferring the peaceful calling of farming, poultrying, and jewelrying; with a home of many comforts and enjoyments.

2

To adorn with jewelry or make into jewelry.

The large UNESCO hall, where she exhibited, held them all in full space and light — the early paintings, the hand-woven textures and colors in wool, the brilliance of enamels and glass, jewelried silver and gold, and the structured clay metal and stone pieces.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of pre

jewellery

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

“The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramic

Wiktionary

02

He was using all the arts of barbering, livery stabling, jewelrying, oratorying, and tailoring.

Wiktionary

03

The members of this family have an honest and honorable record in their dealings and relations in every way, preferring the peaceful calling of farming, poultrying, and jewelrying; with a home of many

Wiktionary

04

The large UNESCO hall, where she exhibited, held them all in full space and light — the early paintings, the hand-woven textures and colors in wool, the brilliance of enamels and glass, jewelried silv

Wiktionary

05

The old man bribed a young girl with money and jewelry.

Tatoeba · #43410

06

What sort of jewelry are you going to wear with this dress?

Tatoeba · #57280

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, jewelry is marked as US, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.