(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".
Jewelry
Definition:
(n.) The art or trade of a jeweler.
(n.) Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cause-specific mortality patterns among Rhode Island jewelry manufacturing workers, as identified on death certificates from 1968 to 1978, were examined using the proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) method.
(2) Lawyers acting for Smulls, 56, who was sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of a jewelry store owner Stephen Honickman, have lodged a court motion protesting that the secrecy surrounding the source of the execution drugs is a violation of the prisoner's first amendment rights as well as his right to proper legal representation.
(3) Hillary Clinton accepted $58,000 in jewelry from the government of Brunei.” – 22 June, New York City Clinton gave the necklace from the queen of Brunei to the US government, in accordance with US law.
(4) The patient had a history of developing a rash and swelling whenever she used jewelry containing silver.
(5) The problems of diagnosis and expertise in occupational diseases in women with allergy to nickel present in metal jewelry and working in contact with metals in occupation are discussed.
(6) His wife, Kim Kardashian, who has made no public appearances since a robbery in Paris in October, where she was tied up and robbed of millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry, was not with him for his arrival at Trump Tower.
(7) The results provide support for the substitution of nickel in imitation jewelry with metals such as palladium or bronze.
(8) Rehabilitation by avoidance of nickel-containing costume jewelry, wrist-watches and clothing buckles, and by change of occupation, is possible and necessary.
(9) Youngevity says that it sells hundreds of products such as nutritional supplements, jewelry and coffee.
(10) Overnight, we had a break-in, so whatever was upstairs they came and took: TVs jewelry, everything,” she said.
(11) For 35 years, up until three weeks prior to pneumonectomy, the patient made asbestos soldering forms at a costume jewelry production facility.
(12) We present two cases that illustrate some of the real and potential hazards of these small jewelry pieces.
(13) Compared with the general signs of identity, like clothing, jewelry and accessories, scars etc., the marks of ears and observations of forensic odonto-stomatology provide good chances for identification.
(14) The resolution specifies some luxury items that North Korea's elite will not be allowed to import, such as yachts, racing cars, luxury automobiles and certain types of jewelry.
(15) In extreme cases it may make it embarrassing for the person concerned to wear metallic jewelry.
(16) Fertility and possession of jewelry represent femininity in the Makrani culture.
(17) Melania Trump, a Slovenian-born watch and jewelry designer and former model, whose father was a member of the communist party , stood in front of thousands as she proclaimed her love for her family and the nation that adopted her.
(18) There was a strong correlation of nickel sensitivity with a history of pierced ears, earlobe rash, and jewelry rash.
(19) The history of contact allergy to jewelry provided an early clue, and the microscopic features confirmed the clinical impression of allergic stomatitis.
(20) Both groups disliked excessive jewelry, prominent ruffles or ribbons, long fingernails, blue jeans, and sandals.