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Meanings of jewel in English

Portuguese
jóia
Catalan
gemma

A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.

        jóia
        Spanish
        enjoyar

        Adorn or decorate with precious stones.

              enjoyar

              A very important or valuable thing or person.

                    Usage of jewel in English
                    1
                    Then the jewel is in the nature of a payment in advance.
                    Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
                    2
                    No, Harold in vain sent me the casket; the jewel was gone.
                    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07
                    3
                    The display is, of course, the crown jewel of this MacBook model.
                    Wired
                    4
                    The jewel is not more splendid in itself than in its setting.
                    Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
                    5
                    India has been seen as the jewel of the assets on offer.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    Leaning over the grate, he dropped the jewel in the glowing coals.
                    St. Elmo
                    7
                    Please say you are coming to our small jewel of a city.
                    Wild Storm
                    8
                    As far as clean desert aid routes go, it's a crown jewel.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    9
                    Each one is a 'jewel' in what he called the Emerald Necklace.
                    In the hat: a novel of suspense
                    10
                    Of course, diving isn't the only application for this wondrous hippie jewel.
                    The South African
                    11
                    The emperor smiles upon him; a lady has thrown him a jewel.
                    Virgilia; or, Out of the Lion's Mouth
                    12
                    I fear the casket is not worthy of the jewel it enshrines.
                    Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
                    13
                    See-He struck the match and held the flame against the jewel.
                    The Blind Spot
                    14
                    He is having a special jewel made for the queen,' he says.
                    The Lady of the Rivers
                    15
                    He sighed and handed me an unlabelled DVD in a jewel case.
                    The unnatural inquirer
                    16
                    Kate stood looking at the jewel, and knitting her brow in thought.
                    Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 181...
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                    Translations for jewel
                    Spanish
                    enjoyar
                    Jewel through the time
                    Jewel across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common