A
ring is a round band, usually in
metal, worn as an ornamental
Jewellery around the finger, or sometimes the toe; it is the most common current meaning of the word "". Strictly speaking a normal ring is a
finger ring (which may be hyphenated); other types of rings worn as ornaments are
earrings,
bracelets for the wrist, armlets or
arm rings,
toe rings and
torc or neck rings, but except perhaps for toe rings, the plain term "ring" is not normally used to refer to these.