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noun 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.
Origin of necklace 1580–90; neck + lace (in the sense “a cord or string to pull opposite ends together”)
Words nearby necklace necked, Necker, neckerchief, Necker cube, necking, necklace , necklace bomb, necklet, neckline, neck of the woods, neckpiece
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Example sentences from the Web for necklace She hoped to fashion them into a necklace , she said, as a symbol of the pain she had endured.
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At the time of her disappearance in 2009, Harrington was wearing a necklace that had been given to her by her mother.
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Of a necklace Rihanna was wearing, Rivers joked she had asked Rihanna how she felt about the choker.
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As soon as he sees her, Shae reaches for a dagger, and Tyrion pounces on her, strangling her to death with her own necklace .
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As he reaches to pick one up, his star-shaped Malcolm X medallion clatters against his necklace of wooden beads.
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When the crowd leaves the temple, Dmtrios snatches the necklace from the statue and disappears.
The Complete Opera Book | Gustav Kobb
"A Caballero rich as that should give her a necklace of real pearls," said another.
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It is so important to know whether I lost the necklace up here or below.
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They gave Montcalm a necklace and he assured them that he would visit them in return.
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Ayllon had the necklace with him in the slack of his doublet.
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British Dictionary definitions for necklace noun 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
verb (tr) Southern African to kill (someone) by placing a burning tyre round his or her neck
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Words related to necklace strand, jewelry, choker, pendant, beads, string, pearls, locket, lavalliere, carcanet, riviere