Synonyms for necklace
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nek-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛk lɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for necklace Other synonyms for the word necklace
Définition of necklace
Origin :- 1590s, from neck (n.) + lace (n.) in the sense of "cord, string." As the name of a South African form of lynching, from 1985.
- noun chain
- And the pearls, the young chief's necklace, what became of that?
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Ayllon had the necklace with him in the slack of his doublet.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Round her throat was a necklace of a double row of large pearls.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- That necklace, which is never off her neck now, he turned for her, my lady; it is a present of his.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- A necklace of rubies, the best they have, one that will cost at least twenty thousand marks.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- "Don't trouble yourself about the necklace," he said, rather impatiently.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Then he looked at the merchant and asked: “Why is your necklace so short?”
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- He brought her rings, bracelets, a necklace, a slender diadem.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- She would have torn the necklace from her neck if Pascal had not prevented her.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Would he not be worse than Eriphyle, who sold her husband's life for a necklace?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
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- be neck and neck
- bottleneck
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- gave a pain in neck
- gave a pain neck
- gave pain in neck
- gave pain neck
- littleneck
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- neck-and-neck
- neck and neck
- neck and neck race
- neck-and-neck race
- neck neck
- neck of the woods
- neck of woods
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- neckband
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- necking
- necklace
- necklet
- necktie party
- neckwear
- pain in neck
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- pain neck
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- redneck
- roughneck
- rubberneck
- stick neck out
- stiff neck
- stiff-necked
- turtleneck
- v neck
- V-neck
- v-necks
- v necks
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