1. Jewellery consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
   "She wore a pearl necklace to the gala"
    
2. Anything resembling a necklace in shape
   "The lights formed a necklace around the bay"

1. Kill someone by lighting a petrol-filled tyre placed around their neck
   "The brutal practice of necklacing was used as a form of mob justice in some areas"

Sounds like: neckless

Derived forms: necklacing, necklaced, necklaces

Type of: jewellery [Brit, Cdn], jewelry [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Necklace