jewel

«jewel» in Mova's school dictionary: A precious stone, such as a diamond, ruby or emerald… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a jewel, jewels)

meaning for a pupil

1) A precious stone, such as a diamond, ruby or emerald, often cut to shine. tree →

2) A piece of jewellery with such a stone. tree →

3) Someone or something very special and valuable (she is a jewel; the jewel of the city). tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories: pirates hide jewels in treasure chests; a crown has jewels in it. In science (rocks and minerals) jewels are gemstones dug out of the ground. Phrases: crown jewels, jewel in the crown (the best part), a real jewel.

examples

• The queen's crown sparkled with jewels. tree →
• The pirate found a box of gold and jewels. tree →
• A ruby is a red jewel. tree →
• This little park is the jewel of our town. tree →
• Grandma's ring has a tiny blue jewel. tree →
• You're a jewel for helping me, thanks! tree →
• The crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London. tree →
• This jewel was called the philosopher's stone. tree →

note

Countable noun. Related: jewellery (UK, Ireland, Australia) or jewelry (USA, Canada) = all rings, necklaces and so on; jeweller (UK) / jeweler (USA) = the person who sells or makes them. Do not say "a jewellery"; say "a piece of jewellery".

In the corpora

• And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
• the rings, and the nose-jewels;
• They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
• There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jewel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.