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jewel

/d͡ʒul/noun, verb2 syllables

Jewel means: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.

Synonyms for jewel3

noun, as in a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

gem, precious stone

noun, as in a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

verb, as in adorn or decorate with precious stones

bejewel

What does jewel mean?3

noun

1

a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

2

a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

verb

1

adorn or decorate with precious stones“jeweled dresses”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with jewel?5

two syllables

three syllables

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Jewel in a sentence

  • Compare this authentic, valuable jewel with the imitation.Objectivesea
  • Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as jewels.carlosalberto
  • While she was out, the thief got away with her jewels.CM
  • On examination the jewel proved to be an imitation.unknown
  • He deceived her into buying a precious jewel.unknown
  • She passed the jewel off as her own.CM
  • She gave way to the temptation to buy the jewel.Swift
  • The jewel was found in an unlikely place.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of jewel

as a noun

plural
jewels

as a verb

third-person singular
jewels
present participle
jeweling
past participle
jeweled
past tense
jeweled