Definition of jewel

"jewel" in the noun sense

1. jewel, gem, precious stone

a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

2. jewel, gem

a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

"jewel" in the verb sense

1. bejewel, jewel

adorn or decorate with precious stones

"jeweled dresses"

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Quotations for jewel

Sweet are the uses of adversity:
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. [ William Shakespeare ]

Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just. [ Henry Vaughan ]

The jewel is not to he valued for the cabinet. [ Proverb ]

The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge. [ John Alfred Langford ]

Honesty is a fine jewel, but much out of fashion. [ Proverb ]

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls;
Who steals my purse steals trash;
'Tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed. [ William Shakespeare ]

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure. [ Saadi ]

A day will come when fair dealing will be found a jewel. [ Proverb ]

Silence is a fine jewel for a woman, but it is little worn. [ Proverb ]

If I had not lifted up the stone, you had not found the jewel. [ Proverb ]

The only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom. [ James Alfred Langford ]

Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls. [ William Shakespeare ]

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion. [ Proverb ]

Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, as a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear. [ William Shakespeare ]

Pleasure is a jewel which will only retain its luster when it is in a setting of work. [ W. M. Strickler ]

Experience is a jewel, and it had need be so, for it is often purchased at an infinite rate. [ William Shakespeare ]

Woman is the most precious jewel taken from Nature's casket, for the ornamentation and happiness of man. [ Guyard ]

A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart: one is a jewel, the other a treasure. [ Napoleon I ]

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. [ Bishop Hall ]

Reputation is a jewel which nothing can replace; it is ten thousand times more valuable capital than your diamonds. [ Laboulaye ]

The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is developed by the blows of the lapidary. [ F. A. Durivage ]

Truth may work mightily though in the hand of the sorriest instrument; in the case of the beautiful alone the casket constitutes the jewel (the vessel makes the content). [ Friedrich Schiller ]

God took his softest clay and his purest colors, and made a fragile jewel, mysterious and caressing - the finger of woman; then he fell asleep. The devil awoke, and at the end of that rosy finger put a nail. [ Victor Hugo ]

Renown is not to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain. A person may, indeed, by skillful conduct and various artificial means, make a sort of name for himself: but if the inner jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will not last a day. [ Goethe ]

jewel in Scrabble®

The word jewel is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters jewel:

JEWEL
(69)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word jewel

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The 104 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In jewel

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jewel in Words With Friends™

The word jewel is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters jewel:

JEWEL
(114)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word jewel

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The 118 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In jewel

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Words within the letters of jewel

2 letter words in jewel (2 words)

3 letter words in jewel (4 words)

5 letter words in jewel (1 word)

jewel + 1 blank (1 word)

jewel + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence jewel

Words that end with jewel (2 words)

Word Growth involving jewel

Shorter words in jewel

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we ewe

Longer words containing jewel

bejewel bejeweled

bejewel bejeweling

bejewel bejewelled

bejewel bejewelling

bejewel bejewels

jeweled bejeweled

jeweler jewelers

jeweler jewelery

jewelfish jewelfishes

jewelled bejewelled

jeweller jewellers

jeweller jewellery

jewellike

jewelry nonjewelry

jewels bejewels

jewelweed jewelweeds