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Definition: Jewelry |
JewelryNoun1. An adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jewelry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Jewelry \Jew"el*ry\, noun. [Compare to the French expression joaillerie.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of broken jewelry, denotes keen disappointment in attaining one's highest desires. If the jewelry be cankered, trusted friends will fail you, and business cares will be on you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Jewellery (spelled jewelry in American English) refers to ornamental devices worn by persons, typically made with gems and precious metals. Costume jewelry is made from less valuable materials. However, jewellry can and has been made out of almost every kind of material.
Examples include bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings, as well as items like hair ornaments or body piercing jewelry.
Jewellery, particularly when made with precious materials, is generally considered valuable and desirable. Some cultures have a practice of keeping large amounts of wealth stored in the form of jewellery. Jewellery can also be symbolic, as in the case of Christians wearing a crucifix in the form of jewellery, or, as is the case in many Western cultures, married people wearing a wedding ring.
Jewellery in various forms has been made and worn by both sexes in almost every (if not every) human culture, on every inhabited continent. Personal adornment seems to be a basic human tendency.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jewellery."
Synonym: JewelrySynonym: jewellery (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Whited sepulcher, painted sepulcher; tinsel; paste, junk jewelry, costume jewelry, false jewelry, synthetic jewels; scagliola, ormolu, German silver, albata, paktong, white metal, Britannia metal, paint; veneer; jerry building; man of straw. |
Jewelry | Noun: jewel, jewelry, jewellery; bijoutry; bijou, bijouterie; trinket;fine jewelry; costume jewelry, junk jewelry; gem, gemstone, precious stone. |
Mart | Tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer. |
Ornament | Noun: ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature, ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment; architecture; jewelry; a. |
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Screenplays | Your neighbor, Mr. McNab, just called to tell you that two Jigaboos just robbed Morgan's Jewelry Store and they hiding in the neighborhood (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) Have you tried the jewelry stores (Insomnia; writing credit: Nikolaj Frobenius; Erik Skjoldbjærg) Donna, sex is how we control men. If they know we like it as much as they do, we'll never get jewelry again (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) In the course of events I swallowed some of her jewelry. (Coupling; writing credit: Steven Moffat) You were bought by the fur, the jewelry, the presents (Lepke; writing credit: Tamar Simon Hoffs; Wesley Lau) | |
Lyrics | Jewelry cut precision like I bust (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jumping Jewelry (1967) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | E.J. Crane, watchmaker and jewelry store with man working in window and man standing in doorway, Richmond, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Criminal at jewelry store ; sleeping plow horse ; man leaving bar ; yowling cat on fence ; swapped children. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Well, Slim, if we pay them as we are paid, why we're sure going to get a real bargain : Well, Bill here's where we get a real bargain in some jewelry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Jewelry shops three hundred years ago / AHC [monogram]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hickson W. and Mary Elizabeth Field, three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a chair beside a woman with elaborate jewelry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | At the jewelry booth at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Jewelry concession, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Balcony above a jewelry store on Royal Street, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sosnick & Thalheimer, business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Jewelry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Leron, business at 2485 Grand Concourse, Bronx. Jewelry department interior. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Jewelry lightblue" by Julia Eisenberg Commentary: "Lightblue jewelry." | "Rawr 02" by Jessica Poli Commentary: "Toy dinosaur and jewelry with lots of light, in front of my computer." |
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Rita Rudner | I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry. |
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Health | This is a first seizure or you think it might be. If in doubt, check to see if the person has a medical identification card or jewelry stating that he or she has epilepsy or a seizure disorder. (references) | |
Business | The total Argentine jewelry market for 1999 was $11.5 million. (references) | |
Some retailers report that jewelry and crystalware are popular. (references) | ||
Working women make up a significant percentage of the costume jewelry market. (references) | ||
Economic History | Switzerland | None of these firms offers precious jewelry though. (references) |
Zambia | Also, downstream opportunities for jewelry production. (references) | |
Bolivia | Bolivia's major exports to the U.S. are tin, gold, jewelry, and wood products. (references) | |
Human Rights | Liberia | Fahn reportedly had accused the men of stealing the jewelry from his house. (references) |
Kenya | Women are taught sewing, knitting, dressmaking, rug making, basket weaving, jewelry making, and other crafts. (references) | |
Guatemala | The assailants raped one employee, and stole several computers and other office equipment as well as the money and jewelry of the employees. (references) | |
Political Economy | UKRAINE | Goods still subject to excise taxes now fall into five main groups: alcohol, tobacco, oil products, automobiles, and jewelry. (references) |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | In addition, the government imposes a 15 to 60 percent selective consumption tax on "non-essential" imports such as home appliances, alcohol, perfumes, jewelry, and automobiles. (references) | |
THE BAHAMAS | In 1998, the Bahamian government eliminated customs duties for computer software, discs and computer tapes, farming pesticides, jewelry manufacturing items and various medical items, which also benefited from a reduction in stamp levies from 7 percent to 2 percent. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | The excise tax for jewelry rose to 55 percent from 35 percent. (references) |
India | Of the seven EPZ's in India, the one at Santacruz is meant exclusively for the exports of electronics and gem and jewelry items. (references) | |
Ukraine | In 2000, the number of excisable goods was reduced from 20 to 5 categories: alcohol, tobacco, oil products, automobiles, and jewelry. (references) | |
Travel | Honduras | Jewelry should not be worn in downtown or isolated areas. (references) |
Ecuador | Expensive appearing jewelry and watches should not be worn. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Travelers displaying jewelry and carrying cameras are especially at risk. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Jewelry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Jewelry" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Tsutsumi Jewelry Co., Ltd. | Thailand | Pranda Jewelry Public Company Limited |
| USA | Finlay Fine Jewelry Corporation | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "jewelry": chip Jewelry ♦ handmade jewelry ♦ imitation jewelry ♦ jewelry box ♦ jewelry dealer ♦ jewelry maker ♦ jewelry store ♦ junk jewelry ♦ piece of jewelry ♦ silver jewelry. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
jewelry | 23,389 | cross jewelry | 1,075 |
body jewelry | 7,594 | jewelry making | 1,061 |
dog jewelry | 4,180 | american flag jewelry | 1,046 |
religious jewelry | 3,507 | jewish jewelry | 1,000 |
cat jewelry | 3,428 | jewelry supply | 959 |
jewelry store | 2,803 | antique jewelry | 936 |
horse jewelry | 2,749 | sterling silver jewelry | 908 |
jewelry box | 2,675 | gold jewelry | 892 |
butterfly jewelry | 2,587 | fashion jewelry | 871 |
crystal jewelry | 1,825 | beaded jewelry | 860 |
wholesale jewelry | 1,649 | animal jewelry | 841 |
womens jewelry | 1,582 | celtic jewelry | 837 |
costume jewelry | 1,462 | bridal jewelry | 801 |
silver jewelry | 1,434 | body piercing jewelry | 784 |
diamond jewelry | 1,432 | wholesale body jewelry | 776 |
man jewelry | 1,299 | wedding jewelry | 739 |
italian jewelry | 1,296 | american indian jewelry | 726 |
native american jewelry | 1,288 | tiffany jewelry | 694 |
dolphin jewelry | 1,213 | turquoise jewelry | 678 |
coral jewelry | 1,136 | hip hop jewelry | 671 |
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| Language | Translations for "jewelry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | stoli të çmuara (jewellery), artikuj argjendarie (jewel, jewellery), art argjendari (jewellery). (various references) | |
Arabic | مجوهرات (jewellery), حلي (jewellery, trinketry, trinkets), تجارة الذهب (jewellery). (various references) | |
Asturian | xoyes. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скъпоценности (jewellery, jewels, valuables), бижута (ice, jewellery, jewels). (various references) | |
Cebuano | alahas. (various references) | |
Chamorro | alahas. (various references) | |
Chinese | 首饰 (jewellery), 首飾 , 珈 (gamma). (various references) | |
Cornish | tegynnow. (various references) | |
Czech | klenoty (jewellery), šperky (jewellery, valuables). (various references) | |
Danish | juvelerarbejde (jewellery). (various references) | |
Dutch | juwelierswerk (jewellery). (various references) | |
Faeroese | gimsteinar. (various references) | |
Farsi | جواهرفروشی (Bijouterie). (various references) | |
French | joaillerie (jewellery), bijoux (jewellery). (various references) | |
Frisian | sieraden. (various references) | |
German | schmuck (adornment, array, decoration, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonments, jewellery, natty, neat, ornament, ornamentation, panoply, saucy, smart, Spruce, sprucely, tidy, trappings, trig, trim, trinket), schmuckwaren (jewellery), juwelen (jewellery, jewels). (various references) | |
Greek | κοσμηματοποιία (jewellery). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ékszerek (jewellery), ékszerbolt (jewellery). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jambret (etc., one who snatches purses). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | ujamiit. (various references) | |
Italian | gioielleria (jewellery). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 宝飾 (jewels and ornaments), ジャンプ競技 (deuce, dugong, genre, jamboree, jewel, joule, Juglar cycle, juice, juicer, juju music, juke-box, jumbo, jumbo-jet, jumbo-size, June bride, junior, junior welter, ski jumping, soft drink). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほうしょく (being in the service of, engorgement, gluttony, jewels and ornaments, satiation), ジュエリー . (various references) | |
Korean | 보석 (jewel, jewellery). (various references) | |
Macedonian | nakit. (various references) | |
Manx | cliejeenys, cliejeeneydys. (various references) | |
Maori | rei. (various references) | |
Mohawk | ohwihstanoronhson'a. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ewelryjay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | joalheria (jewellery, jewelry store), joalharia (jewellery), jóias (jewellery, jewels), jóia (bijou, gem, jewel, jewellery). (various references) | |
Provencal | jòia. (various references) | |
Romanian | giuvaergiu (jeweller, jewellery, setter), giuvaere, bijuterii (valuables). (various references) | |
Romansch | cliniez. (various references) | |
Ruanda | ibidede. (various references) | |
Russian | драгоценность (gem, jewel, jewelery, jewellery, valuables), драгоценности (jewellery). (various references) | |
Samoan | maa taua. (various references) | |
Sepedi | dibenyabje. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nakit (jewel, jewellery, ornament, trinket), drago kamenje. (various references) | |
Spanish | joyeria (jewellery), joyería (jewelers, jewellers, jewellery), joyas (jewellery, jewels), alhajas (jewellery). (various references) | |
Swedish | juveleraryrket (jewellery), juveler (jewellery, jewels), smycken, smycke (jewel, jewellery, ornament, trinket), guldsmedsyrket (jewellery). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องเพชรพลอย. (various references) | |
Turkish | mücevherat (jewellery), kuyumculuk (jewellery). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ювелірне мистецтво (jewellery), коштовності (bijouterie, jewellery). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nghề bán đồ kim hoàn (jewellery), đồ nữ trang (jewel, jewellery), đồ châu báu (jewellery). (various references) | |
Welsh | gemwaith. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. unug. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | eorcanstan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Jewelry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ewelry, jeery, jewelery, jewellry, jewely, jewer, jewerly, jewery, jewlery, jewlry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jewelry" (pronounced juw"ulrē, juw"lrē , or juw"lerē) |
| 4 | -u l r ē | cavalry, chivalry, revelry, riflery, rivalry. |
| 3 | -l r ē | cavalry, chivalry, revelry, riflery, rivalry. |
| 4 | -uw" l er ē | Foolery. |
| 3 | -l er ē | artillery, burglary, calorie, celery, cutlery, distillery, exemplary, gallery, pillory, salary. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-j-l-r-w-y" | |
-2 letters: jewel, leery. | |
-3 letters: eely, eery, ewer, eyer, eyre, jeer, leer, lyre, reel, rely, weel, weer, were, wyle. | |
-4 letters: eel, ere, ewe, eye, jee, jew, lee, ley, lye, ree, rye, wee, wry, wye, yew. | |
-5 letters: el, er, re, we, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-j-l-r-w-y" | |
+2 letters: jewellery. | |
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