bangle

[bang-guhl]

noun

1. a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.

bangle

/ ˈbæŋɡəl /

noun

1. a bracelet, usually without a clasp, often worn high up round the arm or sometimes round the ankle

2. a disc or charm hanging from a bracelet, necklace, etc

Other Word Forms

• bangled adjective
• unbangled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bangle¹

1780–90; < Hindi banglī, variant of bangrī glass ring, armlet

Word History and Origins

Origin of bangle¹

C19: from Hindi bangrī

Example Sentences

At a station in Indian Punjab, a police official recognised Amarnath and gave him a kada - a steel bangle worn by Sikhs and many Hindus as a religious symbol.

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That influence has come directly from her grandmother, who has "always been a lover of pearls and bangles".

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Her mother listened intently, her hands repeatedly touching a gold bangle on her wrist - a bangle she had bought with her daughter.

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How lumpy our bed was with all her lockets and bangles and her garnet ring.

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People were shopping as usual Tuesday, with women buying bangles, jewelry and clothes for themselves and their children.

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