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jewelleryjew‧el‧lery British English, jewelry American English /ˈdʒuːəlri/ ●●○ noun [uncountable]   - Already, she wore on her arms all the jewellery she could ever have dreamed of.
- Bao Van Brandenburg started her career in jewellery design in Geneva, where she opened her first boutique in 1978.
- Burglars strike: Police are investigating a burglary in which a quantity of jewellery was stolen.
- She now makes jewellery boxes, pencil holders, and Christmas decorations.
- Some of my aunt's jewellery has gone missing.
- The many specialist jewellery and silverware and watch shops in the famous Jewellery Quarter offer quality craftsmanship at amazing prices.
- They made off with a video recorder, music centre and jewellery from the property in Turker Lane.
- Wearing beautiful jewellery, or luscious colours and wonderful fabrics, is an ancient pleasure: that of self-adornment.
► is· Their jewellery is very fashionable. ► a jewellery box British English, a jewelry box American English· A jewellery box had gone missing. ► an item of jewellery British English, an item of jewelry American English· Expensive items of jewellery should be insured. ADJECTIVE► cheap· Etty provided the latest style in stockings, and perhaps an odd item of cheap jewellery.· His chest gleamed like a mirror as the thick, cheap jewellery draped across it caught the sunlight.· They wore black, with make-up, spiky hair, and eerie cheap jewellery. ► gold· If you like to wear gold jewellery, go for lighter, peachy pinks.· More emphasis is being placed on Ratner's position as a gold jewellery specialist and Ernest Jones is being pushed for diamonds.· There's also a big, gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother.· More than three tonnes of gold jewellery was discovered-only to be swiftly looted by villagers.· Much of this wealth was deposited with London goldsmiths who refined gold and made gold ornaments and jewellery. NOUN► box· There's also a big, gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother.· She had a gold chain in her jewellery box upstairs and soon she would fetch it.· She now makes jewellery boxes, pencil holders, and Christmas decorations.· She took off everything that could identify her, and stowed it in the bottom layer of her jewellery box.· To prevent scratching, store your jewellery separately in a lined jewellery box or jewellery role.· They broke open five jewellery boxes.· I've got them in my jewellery box. ► costume· She slipped on a figure-hugging black dress and adorned the outfit with a bold selection of costume jewellery.· But costume jewellery had the distinct advantage of not pretending to be anything other than what it was. ► shop· He spent his childhood in Lincoln and left school at 16 to join his father's jewellery shop.· The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant.· In the last two months, however, jewellery shops have been taken by storm.· Gunfire and the occasional grenade explosions accompany raid after raid on jewellery shops.· Simone's boutique was nestled in between a shoe shop and a jewellery shop.· The jewellery shop lost more than £10,000 worth of stock. VERB► buy· But they all wanted one thing - to buy some jewellery.· You can also buy leather and jewellery, but don't forget to haggle.· Evidence that he had bought jewellery and an expensive watch for some one ... some one who was not his wife.· That's what you get for buying your jewellery from a bubble gum machine.· He bought her clothes and jewellery. ► make· Gold and silver have attracted particular attention because they were used to make prestige items such as jewellery and regalia.· She now makes jewellery boxes, pencil holders, and Christmas decorations.· At the court they had made the jewellery for the Imperial eunuchs.· Antonio works with fabrics and urban waste materials, he also makes jewellery.· Silver might be added to toughen the metal for making jewellery intended for hard wear. ► sell· She may regret this change, but colludes with it by making and selling ethnic jewellery of her own.· The following weekend, Clare sold all her jewellery except her engagement and wedding rings.· He opened a haulage firm, sold jewellery and developed property interests in Miami, allegedly working with the mafia. ► steal· House raided: Burglars have stolen electrical equipment and jewellery worth £1,500 from a house in Cedar Road, Darlington.· Here two men managed to forced open a display cabinet to steal jewellery despite closed-circuit camera surveillance.· Ours is not the kind of house where you expect to steal jewellery and furs.· He was grabbed from behind by three men, who held him down, and stole his watch, jewellery and wallet. ► use· Sheet gold was much used in jewellery. ► wear· Do not wear lots of obvious jewellery when you are out.· If you like to wear gold jewellery, go for lighter, peachy pinks.· She was wearing neither jewellery nor make-up.· Similarly, her consideration of wearing a crucifix as jewellery was linked to assumptions that individuals might ascribe to the wearer.· He wore no jewellery or stitch of clothing.· She wore no jewellery except for a simple band around her wedding finger.· She doesn't wear a lot of jewellery, she is an active working lady - and of course, she is a princess.· This feels and looks like mafia-land, where men wear machine guns like jewellery. small things that you wear for decoration, such as rings or necklaces:  She wears a lot of gold jewelry. → costume jewelleryGRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• Jewellery is an uncountable noun and is not used in the plural. You say: · The thieves stole all my jewellery. ✗Don’t say: The thieves stole all my jewelleries.• Jewellery is always followed by a singular verb: · Their jewellery is very fashionable.• When talking about one ring, necklace etc, you say a piece of jewellery or an item of jewellery: · She bought an expensive piece of jewellery.Grammar guide ‒ NOUNS |