# jewellery

Pronunciation: UK say "JOO-uhl-ree" /ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)lɹi/; US say "JOO-ul-ree" /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/

## Noun

1. Decorative items worn on the body, taken as a group, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets and brooches, traditionally made of precious metal and often set with gemstones.
   - Simple: Rings, necklaces and other things you wear for decoration, often made of gold or silver and sometimes with precious stones.
   - _Burglars broke in and took cash and jewellery worth thousands of pounds._
   - _She wore no jewellery apart from her grandmother's wedding ring._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In the oil industry, special tools and equipment fitted to a pipe string and lowered into a well, as distinct from the pipe itself.

## Origin

The word goes back to Middle English juelrye, which came from Old French juelerye. Its parts are jewel and the suffix -ery.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/jewellery (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).