word-vault/dist/data/cards/je/jewellery.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "jewellery",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "objects such as rings and necklaces that people wear as decoration",
            "labels": "(British English)(US English)(North American English also)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**silver/gold jewellery**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has some lovely **pieces of jewellery**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't wear jewellery of any kind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She inherited the family jewellery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The nurse asked her to remove all her jewellery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a jewellery shop"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a jewelry store"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion", "Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["expensive", "cheap", "beautiful"],
                "… of jewellery": ["item", "piece"],
                "verb + jewellery/​jewelry": ["wear", "make", "design"],
                "jewellery/​jewelry + noun": ["box", "case", "shop"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒuːəlri/",
                "audio": "je/jewellery/jewellery__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒuːəlri/",
                "audio": "je/jewellery/jewellery__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French juelerie, from juelier ‘jeweller’, from joel, from jeu ‘game, play’, from Latin jocus ‘jest’."
}