jewellery

Other spellings

• (US) jewelry

Word parts

jewel + -ery

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈʤuː.əl.ri/ or /ˈdʒʊː.əl.ri, SAMPA: /"dZu:[e-mail]/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈʤuːəl.ri/ or /ˈdʒʊːəl.ri

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

Singular jewellery

Plural jewelleries

1. (usually uncountable) Things that you wear such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of metals and sometimes with valuable gemstones.

• 
  Earrings
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  A necklace
• 
  Some brooches
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  bracelet
• 
  Nose rings

Related words

• jewel
• jeweler (US), jeweller (British, Canadian)
• bracelet
• brooch
• earring
• necklace
• ring