a fashioned ornament for personal adornment, especially of a precious metal set with gems.
a precious possession.
a person or thing that is treasured, esteemed, or indispensable.
a durable bearing used in fine timepieces and other delicate instruments, made of natural or synthetic precious stone or other very hard material.
an ornamental boss of glass, sometimes cut with facets, in stained-glass work.
something resembling a jewel in appearance, ornamental effect, or the like, as a star.
verb (used with object),jew·eled,jew·el·ing or (especially British) jew·elled,jew·el·ling.
to set or adorn with jewels.
Origin of jewel
1250–1300; Middle English jouel juel<Anglo-French jeul,Old French jouel, joel<Vulgar Latin *jocāle plaything, noun use of neuter of *jocālis (adj.) of play, equivalent to Latin joc(us) joke + -ālis-al1
Svo turned up with an associate dressed in police uniforms and confiscated 800,000 rubles’ worth of cash and jewels, then told the mark to report himself to the local authorities the next day.
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If you weren’t told it was a prison, the “crown jewel” of prisons, you might not know.
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This book is a jewel, and soon it will be translated into English so that many others can learn about your incredible life.
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Denver, the mile-high city, is the largest in a 600-mile radius and the jewel of Colorado.
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So it’s surrounded by desert, and it’s this kind of emerald jewel in the middle of sub-Saharan Africa.
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For dinner, Sidney Street Café, the jewel in St. Louis' culinary crown.
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The hot pants that Spears sports in this look are clearly the jewel of her hot pants collection.