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costume jewelry

cos·tume jew·el·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noun kos-toom, -tyoom joo-uh l-ree, jool-ree]
    • /noun ˈkɒs tum, -tyum ˈdʒu əl ri, ˈdʒul ri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noun kos-toom, -tyoom joo-uh l-ree, jool-ree]
    • /noun ˈkɒs tum, -tyum ˈdʒu əl ri, ˈdʒul ri/

Definitions of costume jewelry words

  • uncountable noun costume jewelry Costume jewelry is jewelry made from cheap materials. 3
  • noun costume jewelry jewelry made of relatively inexpensive materials or set with imitation gems 3
  • noun costume jewelry jewelry made of nonprecious metals, sometimes gold-plated or silver-plated, often set with imitation or semiprecious stones. 1
  • noun costume jewelry jewellery: fake 1
  • noun costume jewelry US standard form of costume jewellery. 0
See all 5 definitions of costume jewelry

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Origin of costume jewelry

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Costume jewelry

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Costume jewelry

costume jewelry popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

costume jewelry usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for costume jewelry

noun costume jewelry

  • glass — Carter, 1858–1946, U.S. statesman.
  • paste — copy and paste
  • junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
All 3 Synonyms of costume jewelry

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