Necklace

Noun

 * 1) An article of jewelry/jewellery 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.
 * 2)  Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
 * 3) (South African) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's neck, and set on fire.

Verb

 * 1) (South African) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.

Adjective
necklace (no  or )


 * 1) (South African) Describing a method of murder.

Adjectives for Necklace

 * (jewelry) glistening; glittering; sparkling; shimmering; gaudy; brilliant; effervescent; extravagant; dull; treasured; costly; gleaming; glowing; burnished; graceful; propitious; best;

Thesaurus
jewel, locket, neckband, nose ring, pin, precious stone, quoit, rhinestone, ring, stickpin, stone, tiara, torque, wampum, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone, anklet, armlet, band, bangle, beads, belt, bijou, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, cincture, cingulum, circle, collar, collarband, coronet, crown, diadem, earring, ecliptic, equator, fascia, fillet, finger ring, fob, gem, girdle, girt, girth, great circle, hoop,

Derived terms

 * necklacing
 * pearl necklace

Noun

 * Albanian: gjerdan
 * Arabic: قلادة
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: lepoko, iduneko
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 項鏈, 项链
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kolĉeno
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,kaulanauha
 * French:
 * Georgian: ყელსაბამი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ネックレス (nekkuresu), 首飾り (kubi-kazari)
 * Korean: 목걸이 (mok-geori)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: krelles
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: krelles


 * Maltese: ,
 * Mongolian: хүзүүний зүүлт
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: halsbånd
 * Persian: (gardan band)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, colier,
 * Russian: ожерелье,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: огрлица, ђердан
 * Roman: ogrlica, đerdan
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kidani (nc 7/8)
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: చంద్రహారం (chandrahaaram)
 * Thai: สร้อย
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: chuỗi hạt
 * Welsh: gwddfdorch
 * Telugu: చంద్రహారం (chandrahaaram)
 * Thai: สร้อย
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: chuỗi hạt
 * Welsh: gwddfdorch
 * Welsh: gwddfdorch


 * Dutch: halssnoer-achtig
 * Finnish:


 * Swedish: pärlband


 * Afrikaans: halssnoermoord
 * Dutch: executie bij brandende rubberband


 * French: supplice du pneu