jewelry

Other forms of jewelry

plural

jewelries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jewelry

What does jewelry mean?

jewelry means "an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)".

How many syllables are in jewelry?

jewelry has 3 syllables: je-wel-ry. The stress falls on "je". In IPA it is /ˈdʒuəlɹi/.

What is another word for jewelry?

Close synonyms include jewellery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jewelry a common word?

jewelry is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.