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necklace

English

Etymology

neck +? lace

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?n?kl?s/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?n?kl?s/, /?n?kl?s/

Noun

necklace (plural necklaces)

  1. An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
  2. (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
    a necklace of coral islands
  3. (South Africa) A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
    • Necklacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    • 4 August, 2004 Headline Pretoria News: Necklacing: 7 held.
      Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
    • 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
      Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
    • 2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
      In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?

Translations

Verb

necklace (third-person singular simple present necklaces, present participle necklacing, simple past and past participle necklaced)

  1. (South Africa) To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
    • May 29 2003: The Star:
      Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.
    • 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
      Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
    • 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
      The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.

Derived terms

  • necklacing
  • pearl necklace

See also

  • necklace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • collar (necklace for animals)

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medallion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French médaillon

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /m??dælj?n/

Noun

medallion (plural medallions)

  1. A large medal, usually decorative.
  2. A cut of meat resembling a medallion.
    Synonym: medaillon
  3. (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
  4. A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.

Derived terms

  • medallionist

Related terms

  • medal

Translations

Verb

medallion (third-person singular simple present medallions, present participle medallioning, simple past and past participle medallioned)

  1. (transitive, poetic) To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.
    a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky

See also

  • amulet
  • rosary
  • talisman

Anagrams

  • medaillon

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