noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a jewellery box British English , a jewelry box American English
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A jewellery box had gone missing.
an item of jewellery British English , an item of jewelry American English
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Expensive items of jewellery should be insured.
costume jewellery
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cheap
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Etty provided the latest style in stockings, and perhaps an odd item of cheap jewellery .
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His chest gleamed like a mirror as the thick, cheap jewellery draped across it caught the sunlight.
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They wore black, with make-up, spiky hair, and eerie cheap jewellery .
gold
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If you like to wear gold jewellery , go for lighter, peachy pinks.
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More emphasis is being placed on Ratner's position as a gold jewellery specialist and Ernest Jones is being pushed for diamonds.
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There's also a big, gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother.
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More than three tonnes of gold jewellery was discovered-only to be swiftly looted by villagers.
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Much of this wealth was deposited with London goldsmiths who refined gold and made gold ornaments and jewellery .
■ NOUN
box
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There's also a big, gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother.
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She had a gold chain in her jewellery box upstairs and soon she would fetch it.
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She now makes jewellery boxes , pencil holders, and Christmas decorations.
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She took off everything that could identify her, and stowed it in the bottom layer of her jewellery box .
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To prevent scratching, store your jewellery separately in a lined jewellery box or jewellery role.
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They broke open five jewellery boxes .
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I've got them in my jewellery box .
costume
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She slipped on a figure-hugging black dress and adorned the outfit with a bold selection of costume jewellery .
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But costume jewellery had the distinct advantage of not pretending to be anything other than what it was.
shop
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He spent his childhood in Lincoln and left school at 16 to join his father's jewellery shop .
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The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant.
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In the last two months, however, jewellery shops have been taken by storm.
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Gunfire and the occasional grenade explosions accompany raid after raid on jewellery shops .
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Simone's boutique was nestled in between a shoe shop and a jewellery shop.
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The jewellery shop lost more than £10,000 worth of stock.
■ VERB
buy
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But they all wanted one thing - to buy some jewellery .
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You can also buy leather and jewellery , but don't forget to haggle.
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Evidence that he had bought jewellery and an expensive watch for some one ... some one who was not his wife.
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That's what you get for buying your jewellery from a bubble gum machine.
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He bought her clothes and jewellery .
make
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Gold and silver have attracted particular attention because they were used to make prestige items such as jewellery and regalia.
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She now makes jewellery boxes, pencil holders, and Christmas decorations.
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At the court they had made the jewellery for the Imperial eunuchs.
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Antonio works with fabrics and urban waste materials, he also makes jewellery .
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Silver might be added to toughen the metal for making jewellery intended for hard wear.
sell
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She may regret this change, but colludes with it by making and selling ethnic jewellery of her own.
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The following weekend, Clare sold all her jewellery except her engagement and wedding rings.
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He opened a haulage firm, sold jewellery and developed property interests in Miami, allegedly working with the mafia.
steal
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House raided: Burglars have stolen electrical equipment and jewellery worth £1,500 from a house in Cedar Road, Darlington.
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Here two men managed to forced open a display cabinet to steal jewellery despite closed-circuit camera surveillance.
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Ours is not the kind of house where you expect to steal jewellery and furs.
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He was grabbed from behind by three men, who held him down, and stole his watch, jewellery and wallet.
use
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Sheet gold was much used in jewellery .
wear
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Do not wear lots of obvious jewellery when you are out.
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If you like to wear gold jewellery , go for lighter, peachy pinks.
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She was wearing neither jewellery nor make-up.
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Similarly, her consideration of wearing a crucifix as jewellery was linked to assumptions that individuals might ascribe to the wearer.
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He wore no jewellery or stitch of clothing.
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She wore no jewellery except for a simple band around her wedding finger.
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She doesn't wear a lot of jewellery , she is an active working lady - and of course, she is a princess.
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This feels and looks like mafia-land, where men wear machine guns like jewellery .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Already, she wore on her arms all the jewellery she could ever have dreamed of.
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Bao Van Brandenburg started her career in jewellery design in Geneva, where she opened her first boutique in 1978.
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Burglars strike: Police are investigating a burglary in which a quantity of jewellery was stolen.
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She now makes jewellery boxes, pencil holders, and Christmas decorations.
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Some of my aunt's jewellery has gone missing.
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The many specialist jewellery and silverware and watch shops in the famous Jewellery Quarter offer quality craftsmanship at amazing prices.
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They made off with a video recorder, music centre and jewellery from the property in Turker Lane.
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Wearing beautiful jewellery , or luscious colours and wonderful fabrics, is an ancient pleasure: that of self-adornment.