jewellery
noun /ˈdʒuːəlri/
/ˈdʒuːəlri/
(US English jewelry)
[uncountable]- objects such as rings and necklaces that people wear as decoration
- silver/gold jewellery
- She has some lovely pieces of jewellery.
- I don't wear jewellery of any kind.
- She inherited the family jewellery.
- The nurse asked her to remove all her jewellery.
- (British English) a jewellery shop
- (US English) a jewelry store
Collocations Clothes and fashionClothes and fashionClothessee also costume jewelleryTopics Clothes and Fashiona2, Shoppinga2- be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/fur/uniform
- be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/leather/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)
- be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion
- be dressed as a man/woman/clown/pirate
- wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes
- wear jewellery/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume
- have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on
- put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet
- pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks
- change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas
- change/enhance/improve your appearance
- create/get/have/give something a new/contemporary/retro look
- brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair
- have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle
- have/get a piercing/your nose pierced
- have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
- have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery
- use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics
- follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions
- spend/waste money on designer clothes
- be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed
- have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes
- update/revamp your wardrobe
- be in/come into/go out of fashion
- be (back/very much) in vogue
- create a style/trend/vogue for something
- organize/put on a fashion show
- show/unveil a designer’s spring/summer collection
- sashay/strut down the catwalk/(North American English also) runway
- be on/do a photo/fashion shoot
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- expensive
- cheap
- beautiful
- …
- item
- piece
- wear
- make
- design
- …
- box
- case
- shop
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French juelerie, from juelier ‘jeweller’, from joel, from jeu ‘game, play’, from Latin jocus ‘jest’.