wreath (redirected from wreaths)

wreath  (rth) n. pl. wreaths (rz, rths) 1. a. A ring or circlet of flowers, boughs, or leaves worn on the head, placed on a memorial, or hung as a decoration. b. A representation of this ring or circlet, as in woodwork. 2. A curling or circular form: a wreath of smoke. [Middle English wrethe, from Old English writha, band; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

wreath

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wreath

Noun

pl wreaths

1. a ring of flowers or leaves, placed on a grave as a memorial or worn on the head as a garland or a mark of honour

2. anything circular or spiral: a wreath of smoke [Old English writha]

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Wreath a garland or intertwined chaplet; a drift of snow or sand.

Examples: wreaths of fire, 1789; wreath of flowers; of sand; of sea, 1875; of smoke, 1859; of snow, 1725; of vapour, 1794; of worms, 1684.

Thesaurus

Noun

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wreath - flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes chaplet, coronal, lei, garland crown - a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory floral arrangement, flower arrangement - a decorative arrangement of flowers bay wreath, laurel wreath, laurel - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory

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wreath

noun garland, band, ring, crown, loop, festoon, coronet, chaplet

Translations

wreath [pl wreaths] [riːθ, riːðz] n (= funeral wreath) → corona; [of flowers] → guirnalda

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wreath [riːθ] pl [riːðz]

n → couronne f

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wreath [riːθ] [wreaths , pl ] n → Kranz m

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wreath [pl wreaths] [riːθ, riːðz] n → corona