The meaning of Necklace

noun

A small piece of glass, stone, or similar material that is threaded with others to make a necklace or rosary or sewn on to fabric.

Usage examples:

Long strings of beads

verb

Decorate or cover with beads.

Usage examples:

I beaded the jacket by hand

noun

A necklace or ornamental collar, typically made of gold or set with jewels.

Usage examples:

Why do you rob us of our ruffs, of our earrings, carcanets, of our fans and feathers?

noun

A series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads.

Usage examples:

He slid the bolts on the front door and put the safety chain across

verb

Fasten or secure with a chain.

Usage examples:

She chained her bicycle to the railings

noun

A length of metal rings that are connected together and used for fastening or supporting, and in machinery

Usage examples:

She looped the chain around her bike and locked it to the fence., mary wore a silver chain around h…

noun

A necklace or ornamental band of fabric that fits closely round the neck.

Usage examples:

Her only ornament was a simple pearl choker

noun

A piece of jewelry that fits very closely around the neck

Usage examples:

A pearl choker

noun

A small ornamental case, typically made of gold or silver, worn round a person's neck on a chain and used to hold things of sentimental value, such as a photograph or lock of hair.

Usage examples:

A gold chain with a locket containing a picture of her late husband hung around her neck as it did …

noun

A small item of jewelry that opens to show a picture of someone or a piece of hair, which is usually worn on a chain around the neck

noun

A fairly close-fitting and typically rigid ornament worn around the neck.

Usage examples:

Lismore jewel centre has a range of gold and silver rings, watches, bracelets and necklets, bangles…

noun

A woman's light dressing gown, typically made of a filmy, soft fabric.

Usage examples:

A black silk negligee

noun

A hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem.

Usage examples:

A linen garment decorated with pearls

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

noun

Another term for picot.

noun

A piece of jewellery that hangs from a chain worn round the neck.

Usage examples:

A jade-green pendant on a gold chain

adjective

Hanging downwards; pendent.

Usage examples:

Pendant flowers on frail stems

noun

A piece of jewelry worn around the neck consisting of a long chain with an object hanging from it, or the object itself

noun

A necklace of gems that increase in size towards a large central stone, typically consisting of more than one string.

noun

A long necklace consisting of a fine gold chain and typically set with jewels.

Usage examples:

Delicate diamond designs in the edwardian taste are combined with the streamlined outlines of the a…

noun

A neck ornament consisting of a band of twisted metal, worn especially by the ancient gauls and britons.

Usage examples:

Around the chieftain's neck lay a gold torc, and on his right wrist was a gold bracelet.

noun

A force that tends to cause rotation.

Usage examples:

The three-litre engine has lots of torque

verb

Variant spelling of torc.

noun

A neck ornament consisting of a band of twisted metal, worn especially by the ancient gauls and britons.