Jewelry is beautiful expensive things like chains and stones that people wear. Fine jewelry, a piece of jewelry, wear jewelry.
This is the American spelling; British writing uses jewellery with the extra syllable, and both are correct in their own places. Gold is measured in carats out of twenty-four, so eighteen carat is three quarters gold. Costume jewelry uses cheap materials on purpose.
1nounjewelryOrnaments worn on the body.
“She keeps her rings and necklaces in a small wooden jewelry box.”
jewelry is an ornament.
Also accepted in games: jewellery
Old French
juelerye
Middle English
juelrye
English
jewellery
English, today
jewelry
jewellery Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel + -ery.
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