necklace

A piece of jewellery worn around your neck.

• She wore a silver necklace.
• He gave me a necklace for my birthday.
• Where did you buy those bead necklaces?

Common phrases: gold necklace, pearl necklace, wear a necklace

A line or circle of things arranged like jewellery around a neck.

• A necklace of lights surrounded the lake.
• The city has a necklace of small parks.
• A necklace of islands stretches along the coast.

How to use it: a necklace of something (A necklace of villages surrounds the mountain.)

Similar words: ring, chain

Common phrases: necklace of islands, necklace of lights, necklace of parks

A tyre filled with fuel, put around a person and burned to kill them.

• The victim was killed with a necklace.
• Witnesses described a necklace made from a tyre.
• The report linked the necklace to a mob killing.

Common phrases: burning necklace, petrol necklace

To kill someone by burning a fuel-filled tyre placed around their body.

• The mob threatened to necklace him.
• Several victims were necklaced during the violence.
• Witnesses said the attackers had necklaced a prisoner.

Common phrases: necklace someone, threaten to necklace