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   jewel

   /ˈdʒuː(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a precious stone, typically a single crystal or piece of a hard lustrous or translucent mineral cut into shape with flat facets or smoothed and polished for use as an ornament. Similar gemgemstoneprecious stonesemi-precious stonestonebrilliantbaguettecabochoninformal:sparklerrockarchaic:bijou
   • ▪ an ornament or piece of jewellery containing a precious stone or stones: "she loved dressing up in her jewels" Similar piece of jewelleryornamenttrinket
   • ▪ a hard precious stone used as a bearing in a watch, compass, or other device.
   • ▪ a very pleasing or valued person or thing; a very fine example: "she was a jewel of a nurse" Similar finest example/specimenchoicest example/specimenbest example/specimenshowpiecepearlflowerpridepride and joycreamcrème de la crèmejewel in the crownnonpareilglorywonderprizeboastpickmasterpiecechef d'oeuvrepièce de résistanceoutstanding exampleshining examplene plus ultrainformal:the pick of the bunchtreasuresaintangelparagonmarvelfindgodsendsomeone/something worth their weight in golddarlingdearinformal:one in a millionone of a kinda starthe bee's kneesthe topsarchaic:nonesuch

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French joel, from jeu ‘game, play’, from Latin jocus ‘jest’.

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