necklace
a piece of jewelry consisting of a string of stones, beads, jewels, or the like, or a chain of gold, silver, or other metal, for wearing around the neck.
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How to use necklace in a sentence
With a belt rack, you’ll easily be able to hang up your belt and other accessories like ties or necklaces, beautifully displayed for the next morning or a quick evening outfit change.
The Best Belt Racks To Keep Your Closet Organized | PopSci Commerce Team | January 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceGiscard consistently denied that he had accepted an expensive necklace from Bokassa and suggested that he had turned any gift over to the state.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former French president, dies at 94 | Jim Hoagland | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostYou can screenshot the code, print it, or even put it in something physical like a sticker or a necklace.
The best way to share playlists on every major platform | David Nield | October 8, 2020 | Popular-SciencePlanners have dreamed of a green necklace of connected parks extending from Mission Bay to the Marine Corps Depot.
Raise Expectations for the Midway District by Raising the Height Limit | Jack Carpenter | October 5, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe days of dressing up for the office are on pause for now, but, as she notes, people can wear a new necklace or a nice pair of earrings for a video call.
How Jewelry Startup Founder Chari Cuthbert Shifted Her Company to a Work-From-Home Operation | Mahita Gajanan | August 11, 2020 | Time
Wonderland posted videos taken with a hidden camera—in a cross necklace, or inside a watch or glasses—of him hitting on women.
School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website | Brandy Zadrozny | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe hoped to fashion them into a necklace, she said, as a symbol of the pain she had endured.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the time of her disappearance in 2009, Harrington was wearing a necklace that had been given to her by her mother.
Of a necklace Rihanna was wearing, Rivers joked she had asked Rihanna how she felt about the choker.
Melissa Rivers: Life After Joan—A Funny, Moving Celebration on a Special 'Fashion Police' | Tim Teeman | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe wants to take the fingers, let them decompose, then take the bones and make a finger bone necklace out of it.
‘Kill Team’: The Documentary the Army Doesn’t Want You to See | Andrew Romano | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA wisp of wheat was knotted round her neck for a necklace, and a perfect sheaf of it in her hair.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThere seems to be no sufficient reason for explaining it by 'necklace' or 'gorget,' as if it were a separable article of attire.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerAnd shall not a girl inherit money, or a necklace, left to her, which may be worth more than the land?
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)The head of the Virgin is veiled, a necklace of pearls adorns her person, and her hands are extended in prayer.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowAnd he lifted up a necklace of diamonds, that blazed in the light of the lamp like a ring of fire.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
British Dictionary definitions for necklace
/ (ˈnɛklɪs) /
a chain, band, or cord, often bearing beads, pearls, jewels, etc, worn around the neck as an ornament, esp by women
(in South Africa) a tyre soaked in petrol, placed round a person's neck, and set on fire in order to burn the person to death
(tr) Southern African to kill (someone) by placing a burning tyre round his or her neck
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