"jewelry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jewelries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel + -ry. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|juelrye}} Middle English juelrye, {{der|en|fro|juelerye}} Old French juelerye, {{af|en|jewel|-ry}} jewel + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} jewelry (usually uncountable, plural jewelries)
  1. US standard spelling of jewellery. Tags: US, alt-of, standard, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: jewellery Synonyms: jewelry Related terms: :Category:Jewelry
    Sense id: en-jewelry-en-noun-OA2AapL7 Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 41 11 49 Hyponyms: anklet, trinket, ring, finger ring, earring, neck ring, nose ring, toe ring, necklace, brooch, breastpin, bracelet, pendant Meronyms: beazle, bezel, coral, collet, gem, gemstone, gold, jewel, metal, pearl, silver

Verb

Forms: jewelries [present, singular, third-person], jewelrying [participle, present], jewelried [participle, past], jewelried [past]
Etymology: From Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel + -ry. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|juelrye}} Middle English juelrye, {{der|en|fro|juelerye}} Old French juelerye, {{af|en|jewel|-ry}} jewel + -ry Head templates: {{en-verb}} jewelry (third-person singular simple present jewelries, present participle jewelrying, simple past and past participle jewelried), {{tlb|en|rare}} (rare)
  1. (intransitive) To make jewelry. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-jewelry-en-verb-zhAWF1vP Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 41 11 49
  2. (intransitive) To adorn with jewelry or make into jewelry. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-jewelry-en-verb-c0auiV9x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 41 11 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 5 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 4 70

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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