necklaceneck‧lace /ˈnek-lɪs/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
She was wearing a coral necklace.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a pearl necklace
- Ablutions completed, a quite spectacular gold necklace was placed around my neck.
- Birthday cards and little ashtrays with pictures of the castle on them and necklaces and keyrings.
- Curious, she wandered into the shop, Once inside, she forgot the necklace.
- I barely noticed the dress she was wearing; what caught my eye was the necklace around her throat.
- It's as if somebody put June Cleaver's pearl necklace and apron on Madonna.
- Read in studio Oxfam is trying to recall seven thousand potentially deadly necklaces on sale in its shops.
- She had a startlingly dashing necklace and wore some sort of a uniform cap in a jaunty way.
WORD SETS
agate, nounamethyst, nounanklet, nounaquamarine, nounbangle, nounbauble, nounbead, nounbracelet, nounbrooch, nouncarat, nouncarbuncle, nouncharm, nounchoker, nouncoral, nouncoronet, nouncostume jewellery, nouncrown, nounct, cuff link, nouncultured pearl, noundiamanté, adjectivediamond, nounearring, nounemerald, nounfacet, nounfob watch, noungarnet, noungem, noungold-plated, adjectivegoldsmith, nounice, nounjade, nounjasper, nounjewel, nounjewelled, adjectivejeweller, nounkarat, nounlapidary, adjectivelapis lazuli, nounlocket, nounmedallion, nounmoonstone, nounmother-of-pearl, nounnecklace, nounonyx, nounopal, nounpaste, nounpearly, adjectivependant, nounpin, nounprecious stone, nounreset, verbrhinestone, nounring, nounruby, nounsapphire, nounseed pearl, nounsemi-precious, adjectivesetting, nounsignet ring, nounsolitaire, nounstickpin, nounstone, nounstud, nountiara, nountopaz, nountrinket, nounwatchband, nounwatchstrap, nounwedding ring, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She was wearing a coral necklace.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pearl necklaceCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a string of jewels, beads etc or a thin gold or silver chain to wear around the neckpearl/gold/diamond etc necklace She was wearing a coral necklace. a pearl necklace· All the bridesmaids carried posies of spring flowers, and wore antique pearl and gold necklaces and bracelets.· Ablutions completed, a quite spectacular gold necklace was placed around my neck.· I can see her little gold necklace twinkling like a star round her neck.· Red suit, black bob, gold necklace.
NOUN· In one big bed there slept a goat, A diamond necklace round its throat.· A beautiful diamond necklace which recently fetched £11,000 at Bonhams would be twice the price in an ordinary jewellers.
· A pearl necklace had broken and two liveried servants scrabbled on hands and knees to retrieve the jewels.· It's as if somebody put June Cleaver's pearl necklace and apron on Madonna.· In her most notorious photographs she wears only her triple-string pearl necklace.· Anne's pearl necklace adorned her throat, and her gold ring the third finger of Joan's left hand.
VERB· Use the pips to make a necklace or stick them on to card to make a design.· For after using his plastic seat in the conventional manner, he thought it would make a nice necklace.· She was making necklaces, which was a form of meditation for her, a method of forgetting.
· At the ball she wears both necklaces.· Whole buildings, vehicles, and machinery came tumbling from above, wearing necklaces of fire.· Coatlique was thought to feed upon corpses buried within the soil, and wore a necklace of the skulls.· Later that night, according to evidence, Hagans was wearing her necklace.
She was wearing a coral necklace.