What does jewellery mean?
Definitions for jewellery
jew·elle·ry
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word jewellery.
Princeton's WordNet
jewelry, jewellerynoun
an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
Wiktionary
jewellerynoun
Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.
Webster Dictionary
Jewellerynoun
see Jewelry
Freebase
Jewellery
Jewellery or jewelry is a form of personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. With some exceptions, such as watches, medical alert bracelets or military dog tags, jewellery normally differs from other items of personal adornment in that it has no other purpose than to look appealing, but humans have been producing and wearing it for a long time – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery. Jewellery may be made from a wide range of materials, but gemstones, precious metals, beads, and shells have been widely used. Depending on the culture and times jewellery may be appreciated as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols. Jewellery has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from hairpins to toe rings. The word jewellery itself is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicized from the Old French "jouel", and beyond that, to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything. In British English, the spelling can be written as jewelery or jewellery, while the spelling is jewelry in American English.
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Rank popularity for the word 'jewellery' in Nouns Frequency: #2603
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jewellery in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jewellery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of jewellery in a Sentence
The behaviour of courtesy and civility is the jewellery of your thoughts and the beauty of your expression.
I have given the UK court on affidavit a statement of my UK assets. Which, pursuant to the freezing order, they are entitled to take and hand over to the banks, there's a few cars, a few items of jewellery and I said 'OK, fine. You don't have to bother to come to my house to seize them. I'll physically hand them over. Tell me the time, date and place.'.
They use things of various value from jewellery to purses and even cars.
Notes To Self: 1.The falling of autumn leaves is not your fault. 2.Stop piling candles for decoration. They are meant to be burnt. 3.Silence has a voice of its own. Listen to your own silence. 4.A piece of advice from a divorced and a formerly political prisoner: “to be successful, avoid two things: women and politics!” 5.A semi-colon is the middle finger in a sentence when writing fiction. 6.Be sadist when you write. Good things come out of your character only when bad things happen to them. 7.A comedian once said: if you are looking for sympathy in life, you will only find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis. 8.No expectations. Just instincts. 9.Undergraduate degrees of creative writing are rubbish. They are vehicles of producing mass ignorance. Because if undergraduates want to become writers, they have to spend their twenties reading excessively first. 10.Every time you get rejected by a publisher, be thankful. It is a boost for your ego to keep going forward. It is a second chance to reflect, write, and edit. It is a rebirth. It is similar to being given the question-sheet in an exam to revisit your answers before you submit your paper. 11.You are fake and hypocritical when you write for fame or political purpose. These are exterior. Honest and free writing is interior: that is when you write for yourself. 12.Mark things in green. It is the colour of grace, hope and nature. Red is bloody and fascist. 13.Reason, not need. - King Lear 14.Your body is roughly 72 per cent water. Keep hydrated. 15.Read alone. Write alone. Eat accompanied. 16.Do not drive all the time. Cycle when possible. 17.More radio. Less TV. 18.Read more. Write less. Writing comes later. 19.Sing to a mirror. 20.Re-paint your walls. 21.Read an article or summarise a short story a day. 22.Learn a new word a day too. 23.Become drunk with poetry. 24.Watch foreign films. 25.Buy mother a piece of jewellery with first salary. 26.Publish a book before you are 30. 27.Practice poetry. For fun. 28.Have a tattoo you will regret. 29.Put that bloody mobile phone down! Do not become a machine driven by machines! 30.Speak less. Listen more.
The original thoughts are like the rare and precious jewels, but remember there has always been a big market with a large number of buyers, sellers and suppliers of the imitation jewellery.
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- مجوهراتArabic
- šperky, klenotyCzech
- smykkerDanish
- Juwelen, SchmuckGerman
- κόσμημα, κοσμήματαGreek
- joyas, joyería, alhajasSpanish
- جواهراتPersian
- korutFinnish
- bijoux, joaillerieFrench
- xoiaGalician
- जेवर, जवाहरात, आभूषणHindi
- ékszerek, ékszerHungarian
- ոսկեղենArmenian
- perhiasanIndonesian
- bigiotteria, gioielleriaItalian
- תַכשִׁיטִיםHebrew
- ジュエリー, 宝飾品, 装身具Japanese
- ಆಭರಣKannada
- 보석류Korean
- aurumLatin
- ຖະໜິມLao
- जडजवाहिर, दागिने, दागदागिनेMarathi
- sieradenDutch
- smykkerNorwegian
- ílį́įgo naalyéhéNavajo, Navaho
- biżuteriaPolish
- ګاڼه, كاليPashto, Pushto
- joiasPortuguese
- bijuteriiRomanian
- украшения, ювелирные изделия, бижутерия, драгоценностиRussian
- накит, nakitSerbo-Croatian
- klenotySlovak
- nakitSlovene
- smyckenSwedish
- அணிகலன்கள்Tamil
- takı, ziynet, süs eşyasıTurkish
- زیوراتUrdu
- צירונגYiddish
- 首飾Chinese
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