NECKLACE meaning: Jewelry worn around the neck

We found 37 dictionaries that define the word necklace:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

necklace: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
necklace: Merriam-Webster
necklace: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
necklace: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
necklace: Collins English Dictionary
necklace: Vocabulary.com
Necklace, necklace: Wordnik
necklace: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
necklace: Wiktionary
necklace: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
necklace: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
necklace: Infoplease Dictionary
Necklace, necklace: Dictionary.com
necklace: Online Etymology Dictionary
necklace: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Necklace (combinatorics), Necklace (disambiguation), Necklace, The Necklace: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Necklace: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
necklace: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
necklace: Rhymezone
necklace: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
necklace: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Necklace: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
necklace: FreeDictionary.org
necklace: Mnemonic Dictionary
necklace: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)

Necklace: Dictionary of Symbolism

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

necklace: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
necklace: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)

necklace: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
Necklace: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

necklace, necklace: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
necklace: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
▸ noun:  (South Africa) A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
▸ verb:  (South Africa) To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.

Similar:

neckwear, necklet, pendant, neckpiece, neck ring, neckring, collar, lavalier, beads, jewel, more...

Opposite:

brooch

Types:

chain, pearl, pearl necklace, pearls, pearls necklace, more...

Phrases:

pearl necklace, diamond necklace, coral necklace, anodyne necklace, necklace poplar, more...

Adjectives:

beautiful, coral, golden, long, beaded, heavy, ruby, pearl, magnificent, large, valuable

Colors:

gold, silver, rose gold, pearl, emerald, more...