A ring is a round band, usually of various metal, worn as an ornamental piece of jewellery around the finger, or sometimes the toe. it is the most common current meaning of the word "ring". Strictly speaking a normal ring is a finger ring (which may be hyphenated), 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.