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BRACELET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
Synonyms:
bangle; bracelet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bracelet" is a kind of...):
jewellery; jewelry (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))
Meronyms (parts of "bracelet"):
clasp (a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bracelet"):
ankle bracelet; anklet (an ornament worn around the ankle)
armilla ((archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist
Synonyms:
bracelet; watch bracelet; watchband; watchstrap; wristband
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bracelet" is a kind of...):
band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
Context examples:
A set of silver filagree was added, bracelets, necklace, brooch, and even earrings, for Hortense tied them on with a bit of pink silk which did not show.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Sinking below the bird and mast, a drowned corpse glanced through the green water; a fair arm was the only limb clearly visible, whence the bracelet had been washed or torn.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
When I was a little refreshed, I went up into the country, resolving to deliver myself to the first savages I should meet, and purchase my life from them by some bracelets, glass rings, and other toys, which sailors usually provide themselves with in those voyages, and whereof I had some about me.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The pearl necklace and bracelets which I inherited from mama, have been disposed of for less than half their value; and the set of coral, which was the wedding gift of my papa, has been actually thrown away for nothing.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
We made great havoc in Touraine, until we came into Romorantin, where I chanced upon a gold chain and two bracelets of jasper, which were stolen from me the same day by a black-eyed wench from the Ardennes.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I don't think I like it only because it's so pretty, but I want to wear it as the girl in the story wore her bracelet, to remind me of something."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I will myself put the diamond chain round your neck, and the circlet on your forehead,—which it will become: for nature, at least, has stamped her patent of nobility on this brow, Jane; and I will clasp the bracelets on these fine wrists, and load these fairy-like fingers with rings.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Here the gray walked in first, beckoning me to attend: I waited in the second room, and got ready my presents for the master and mistress of the house; they were two knives, three bracelets of false pearls, a small looking-glass, and a bead necklace.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I wish I hadn't smashed my coral bracelet, for you might have had it, said Jo, who loved to give and lend, but whose possessions were usually too dilapidated to be of much use.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
One gleam of light lifted into relief a half-submerged mast, on which sat a cormorant, dark and large, with wings flecked with foam; its beak held a gold bracelet set with gems, that I had touched with as brilliant tints as my palette could yield, and as glittering distinctness as my pencil could impart.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
