jewelry

Formsjewelries, jewelrying, jewelried

1. 1
   personal ornamentsnoununcountable

   Rings, necklaces, bracelets, and similar things worn for decoration, made of valuable metal and sometimes holding precious stones.

   She keeps her jewelry in a small wooden box by the bed.

   Grandma left me some of her old jewelry.

   Similarjewels

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2. 2
   make ornamentsverbrareintransitive

   To make items like rings and necklaces that people wear for decoration.

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

   1897, Ephraim Cutter, “Fatty Ills and Their Masquerades”Here, jewelrying means making jewelry, like rings and necklaces.

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   decorateverbrareintransitive

   To put rings, necklaces, and similar items on yourself, or to turn something into them.

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