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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)
- 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.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
- a necklace of coral islands
- (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)
- (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.
- May 29 2003: The Star:
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)
- A large medal, usually decorative.
- A cut of meat resembling a medallion.
- Synonym: medaillon
- (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
- 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)
- (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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