bead
noun/biːd/
Frequency rank: #8,177 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a small, round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for making jewelry.
Example sentence
She carefully threaded each tiny bead onto the string to make a necklace.
Synonyms & related words
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