laurels
Meaning of laurels
noun
- Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
- A crown of laurel.
- (chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
to win laurels; to crown with laurels
- Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
- Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
- An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
- To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
- To enwreathe.
- To award top honours to.
noun
Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.
Information about laurels
- The singular form of laurels is: laurel.
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Hyphenation of laurels
lau-rels
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- laurels is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
laurels synonyms
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Translation of laurels
- Italian: premio, distinzione, onoranza, onorificienza
- Spanish: galardón, condecoración
- German: Auszeichnung
Anagrams of laurels
Words that rhyme with laurels
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