costume jewelry


costume jewelry

n. Jewelry made from inexpensive metals and imitation gems or semiprecious stones.

cos′tume jew`elry


n. relatively inexpensive jewelry made of nonprecious metals and often set with imitation or semiprecious stones, pearls, etc. [1930–35, Amer.]

costume jewelry

Jewelry that is highly decorative but is made from inexpensive rather than precious materials.