setting

/ˈset̬·ɪŋ/ n [C] (JEWELRY PART)

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› the part of a piece of jewelry designed to hold a stone: It was her grandmother’s ring – a single diamond in a gold setting

(Definition of setting n (JEWELRY PART) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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