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NECKLACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("necklace" is a kind of...):
jewellery; jewelry (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))
Meronyms (parts of "necklace"):
pendant; pendent (an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "necklace"):
chain; strand; string (a necklace made by stringing objects together)
chain (a linked or connected series of objects)
choker; collar; dog collar; neckband (necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck)
Context examples:
And had I had an idea of it, nothing should have induced me to accept the necklace.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Do you know, Jane, I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A set of silver filagree was added, bracelets, necklace, brooch, and even earrings, for Hortense tied them on with a bit of pink silk which did not show.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Likewise by a most beautiful little girl (or I thought her so) with a necklace of blue beads on, who wouldn't let me kiss her when I offered to, but ran away and hid herself.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Whilst the cook was above stairs, she got the golden necklace and dropped it into the soup; then it was brought to the king, who ate it, and it pleased him as well as before; so he sent for the cook, who was again forced to tell him that Cat-skin had cooked it.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
And then before the ball, the necklace!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A pearl necklace I had given you lay untouched in its little casket; your trunks were left corded and locked as they had been prepared for the bridal tour.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace. Ah, no! To me it is a rosary, and as such I should use it like a good catholic," said Esther, eyeing the handsome thing wistfully.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
When all were ready, the king sent them to her; but she got up in the night when all were asleep, and took three of her trinkets, a golden ring, a golden necklace, and a golden brooch, and packed the three dresses—of the sun, the moon, and the stars—up in a nutshell, and wrapped herself up in the mantle made of all sorts of fur, and besmeared her face and hands with soot.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The dress being settled in all its grander parts—“But what shall you have by way of necklace?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
