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# necklace

«necklace» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of jewellery you wear around your neck, often a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (necklace, necklaces)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A necklace is a piece of jewellery you wear around your neck, often a chain or a string of beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#m1)

2) A necklace can be made of shells, pearls, flowers, beads or gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a thing made or sold; beads per necklace, the price of necklaces; necklaces made from a number of beads. In everyday life and crafts: making a pasta or bead necklace, a gift, a flower lei in Hawaii. Phrases: «wear a necklace», «a gold necklace», «a pearl necklace», «a bead necklace».

### examples

- She makes a necklace with 24 beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x1)
- Each necklace costs 8 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x2)
- How many necklaces can she make with 60 beads? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x3)
- She sold 5 necklaces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x4)
- Grandma wears a pearl necklace on special days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x5)
- We threaded pasta to make necklaces in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x6)
- The queen's necklace sparkled with jewels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x7)
- Her necklace has a little heart on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x8)
- In her hand she took a gold necklace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a necklace». Say «NECK-liss». Maths: «beads per necklace» is a rate: beads = rate × necklaces, and necklaces = beads ÷ rate. Trap: leftover beads do not make a whole necklace (drop the remainder). Safety: take off necklaces for sport.

### In the corpora

- [Rings, earrings and necklaces come off before sport, because they catch and tear skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/13/)
- [Take off rings, earrings and necklaces before sport, because they can catch and tear skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «necklace» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.