jewelries

1. 1
   nounUS

   Plural of jewelry, rarely used, chiefly for different kinds or styles of jewelry.

   The museum's collection includes ceremonial jewelries gathered from across the continent.

   The exhibit compares the jewelries of several West African kingdoms.

   Note

   A plural for a noun that usually refuses one. Jewelry is normally uncountable, so everyday English says pieces of jewelry or simply jewelry. The plural appears when distinct kinds or traditions are counted, as in ceremonial jewelries from many regions. The spelling is the US one; British English writes jewellery. The same spelling also serves as the rare verb form.

2. 2
   verbrare

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of jewelry.

   Note

   The -y of the base becomes -ies after he, she or it, the regular pattern for verbs that end in a consonant plus y, like carries or buries. The verb behind it is rare in both its uses, making jewelry and adorning with it. Readers therefore meet this form far less often than the identical plural noun. A subject in front, as in she jewelries for a living, marks the verb.

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