(n.) An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
(n.) A precious stone; a gem.
(n.) An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
(n.) A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
(v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.
Example Sentences:
(1) He told strikers at St Thomas’ hospital, London: “By taking action on such a miserable morning you are sending a strong message that decent men and women in the jewel of our civilisation are not prepared to be treated as second-class citizens any more.
(2) It’s an unbelievable privilege and unbelievable responsibility to take a jewel and treat it in a way that is respectful of its past but brings it into the future.” Fortunately for both men, the signs are positive.
(3) Rosehearty, Oyster Bay, New York State Bought in 2003, this £10m beachside home is a jewel on the Centre Island shoreline.
(4) From the quaint market towns to the rolling countryside, this county is one of the many jewels in Great Britain’s crown,” he said.
(5) Roger sold the family jewels and now McCann is holding him by them.
(6) 2 Puree together the pomegranate jewels and the peeled satsumas.
(7) The adjoining galleries blaze with colour from enamel and gold, jewels and tapestries, stained glass and ceramics.
(8) A suspected jewel thief was killed and another seriously injured during a police chase after an attempted ram raid at one of the London branches of the jewellers Tiffany and Co yesterday.
(9) 1928's Downton Abbey jewellery collection If it's the jewels and the glitz that gets you going on Downton, then you'll be pleased to know that you can emulate the luxury of Lady Edith from as little as £11.25 (via ACHICA) – though what Lady Mary would make of such cheap imitations doesn't bear thinking of.
(10) At night, the sky is hung with a million jewels, clouded only by the Milky Way.
(11) It’s time to take a careful look to see if it best serves the needs and priorities of today.” Jewell said that the ban would not apply to metallurgical coal, small-scale prospecting or resources on tribal lands.
(12) His record-breaking feat of scoring in 11 consecutive matches is the jewel in what will surely be Leicester’s Premier League crown.
(13) Merkel grimly submitted to an executive fashion makeover after the media sneered at her frumpy look; now she clearly relishes shining out in jewel-toned jackets from a forest of dark suits at G20 meetings.
(14) The new keyboard is the jewel in the crown and RIM has mastered the experience.
(15) There are bouquets and photographs, that famous Freddie Starr front page framed on the wall, a large blond-wood desk upon which lie a guide to St Lucia, a letter from Boodles the jeweller, and a book cover, which I read upside down: Having an Affair: A Handbook for the Other Woman.
(16) Jewell said that the struggle for civil rights continues and that "part of the job of the National Park Service is to tell this story."
(17) During his presidency in Ghana, John Kufuor introduced national "Friday wear day" to encourage citizens to wear traditional clothes made using the jewel-coloured wax fabrics associated with African garments.
(18) But it is posing a grave threat not just to Mr Kuljis but to an island officially regarded as a rare, unspoiled jewel.
(19) The jewels have been stored in a vault at the Philippine central bank for nearly 30 years.
(20) He fears that their jobs could still be at risk, and suggested that BAE's top management should consider resigning if they have "put at risk my constituents’ jobs and fatally wounded the UK's jewel in the manufacturing crown".
Jewellery
Definition:
(n.) See Jewelry.
Example Sentences:
(1) I had jewellery, so I pawned all that, and I taught yoga – that paid the school fees.
(2) "She [Simpson] was one of the most stylish women of the day, and there is a lasting fascination with their lives together which shows no sign of going away," said Bryony Meredith, head of Sotheby's jewellery department.
(3) Yassine, who declined to provide his surname, is the son of a Parisian jewellery designer and a "not that famous" French artist.
(4) In 43 the primary eczema was on the hands, in 38 under costume jewellery, suspenders, ect.
(5) Cars, furniture, books, dishes, TVs, highways, buildings, jewellery, toys and even electricity would not exist without water.
(6) Anas, a nurse, had wanted her children to stay but she relented and sold her gold jewellery when her son Salim found a way to get to Brazil, where he now has asylum after failing to reach the US.
(7) There was a shop that I knew of because I've been in there a couple of times before and I knew they sold costume jewellery and stuff.
(8) Jimmy Savile told hospital staff he interfered with patients' corpses, taking grotesque photographs and stealing glass eyes for jewellery, over two decades at the mortuary of Leeds general infirmary.
(9) He’s nine now but he has seen it.” Others using the vault feared they had lost jewellery, family heirlooms, cash and essential documents, he added.
(10) 1928's Downton Abbey jewellery collection If it's the jewels and the glitz that gets you going on Downton, then you'll be pleased to know that you can emulate the luxury of Lady Edith from as little as £11.25 (via ACHICA) – though what Lady Mary would make of such cheap imitations doesn't bear thinking of.
(11) My suspicion is there was something [the thieves] were specifically after, otherwise why would they have taken some and left others?” The stolen goods would range from family heirlooms, personal jewellery and dealers’ stock, he said.
(12) This may be a gift of cosmetics, jewellery or clothing, or may be food related.
(13) However, in an interview with the Guardian the families questioned the claims made by the police that the girls had funded the trip with stolen family jewellery.
(14) China is poised to overtake India to become the world's biggest market for gold this year thanks to soaring investment purchases of bullion and steadily rising jewellery sales, according to the World Gold Council's annual report.
(15) In recent months many companies have sprung up offering to buy gold jewellery and other items in exchange for cash.
(16) I know for a fact that some of my work colleagues have got boxes down there and we are talking about hundreds and hundreds of thousands of pounds in goods.” Malka said the safe-deposit boxes were used to store both jewellery and loose diamonds in packets.
(17) The costumes look remarkably grand for home theatricals, the jewellery is startlingly convincing, and the band evidently comprises moonlighting members of the Royal Horse Guards.
(18) The tie-up with Argos is more surprising as the camping to jewellery retailer’s range of products overlaps more closely with Sainsbury’s range of non-food goods.
(19) The elements you use in jewellery come from the earth,” explains Leane, “metal, gemstones.
(20) American viewers mourning the death of Dan Stevens' character Matthew Crawley at the end of the show's Christmas special will be able to drown their sorrows with Downton wine, wear Downton jewellery and grow Downton roses, as part of a merchandising push aimed at capitalising on the drama's phenomenal global success.