tennis bracelet

American  

noun

1. a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.

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Etymology

Origin of tennis bracelet

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

She’s also wearing an expensive tennis bracelet he’s gifted her, supposedly for no reason at all.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025

A protection plan for a $3,200 tennis bracelet at Kay, for example, adds $315 to the price.

From Reuters • Jun. 9, 2023

There, her hair jewelry — a $15,400 Tiffany & Co. diamond tennis bracelet bedazzling the center part to ingeniously camouflage dark roots, thanks to hairstylist Adir Abergel — also garnered headlines.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2020

Williams gave Leonard a diamond ring, tennis bracelet and earrings.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2016

This is an America of $130,000 Hummers and $12,000 mother-baby diamond tennis bracelet sets, of $600 jeans, $800 haircuts, and slick new magazines advertising $400 bottles of wine.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times