jewellery

«jewellery» in Mova's school dictionary: decorations people wear, such as rings, necklaces… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (jewellery — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Jewellery is decorations people wear, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and brooches, often made of metal, gems or beads. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people wear jewellery for decoration, culture and special events. In school, jewellery is often not allowed in PE because it can catch and cause injuries. In history lessons, ancient jewellery found in graves tells us about past people. In maths, jewellery may appear in shopping problems. Phrases: a piece of jewellery, gold jewellery, jewellery box, wear jewellery.

examples

• Please take off your jewellery before PE. tree →
• Mum keeps her jewellery in a small box. tree →
• We made bead jewellery in art club. tree →
• The pharaoh was buried with gold jewellery. tree →
• A ring is a piece of jewellery. tree →
• The shop sells handmade silver jewellery. tree →
• So she bethought her of her apple and breaking it, found it filled with gold and precious jewellery, the richest she had ever seen. tree →

note

Uncountable: «some jewellery», «a piece of jewellery», not «a jewellery» or «jewelleries». Spelling: UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland «jewellery»; US «jewelry». One item is «a jewel» (often a precious stone). Pronounced JOO-el-ree.

In the corpora

• Pure gold is so soft that it scratches easily, so most gold jewellery is gold mixed with other metals.

Trees and pragmatics

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