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jewel
/d͡ʒul/
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What does jewel mean?
noun
- A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
- (figuratively) Anything precious or valuable.
More meanings (7)
noun
- A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- (informal) A jewel box (optical disc container).
verb
- To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
proper noun
- A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.
- A male given name from English, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.
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Experience for me many bulwarks builded Of proofs new-bleeding, which remain’d the foil Of this false jewel, and his amorous spoil.
There was a general craning of necks as the jewel in the white shirt front sparkled and the cab moved off.
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Unutterable relief instantly filled them as if they fell upon the mystic jewel which sparkled in the centre of my stolen headpiece.
It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn’t dare acknowledge.
It is true that we sometimes find a "jewel in an Ethiop's ear," but it is the exception that proves the rule.