Wreath
noun
An arrangement of flowers and leaves in a circular shape, usually as a decoration or a symbol of respect for someone who has died.
They laid a wreath on the soldier's tomb.
Often appears as...
- lay a wreath
- christmas wreath
noun
Anything shaped like a circular curve, especially smoke or cloud.
The winner left the track leaving a wreath of smoke behind.
Often appears as...
- wreath of smoke
- wreath of fog
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Neutral
General,Literary
noun
An award or honor represented by the symbol of a circular arrangement of flowers and leaves.
The swimmer was awarded the laurel wreath for his victory in the swimming competition.
Often appears as...
- laurel wreath
- victory wreath
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Approving
noun
An arrangement of flowers and leaves in a circular shape, usually as a decoration or a symbol of respect for someone who has died.
They laid a wreath on the soldier's tomb.
Often appears as...
- lay a wreath
- christmas wreath
noun
Anything shaped like a circular curve, especially smoke or cloud.
The winner left the track leaving a wreath of smoke behind.
Often appears as...
- wreath of smoke
- wreath of fog
Usage tips
Neutral
General,Literary
noun
An award or honor represented by the symbol of a circular arrangement of flowers and leaves.
The swimmer was awarded the laurel wreath for his victory in the swimming competition.
Often appears as...
- laurel wreath
- victory wreath
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Symbol
Wreaths are culturally associated with holidays and memorials.
A wreath on the door symbolizes welcome during Christmas.
Pro Tip 2/3Respect and Honor
A wreath can represent respect for those who have passed, especially in military contexts.
The general placed a wreath at the war memorial.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Decor
Wreaths are often used as seasonal decorations, signifying particular times of the year.
We hang a fresh pine wreath every winter.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Symbol
Wreaths are culturally associated with holidays and memorials.
A wreath on the door symbolizes welcome during Christmas.
Pro Tip 2/3Respect and Honor
A wreath can represent respect for those who have passed, especially in military contexts.
The general placed a wreath at the war memorial.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Decor
Wreaths are often used as seasonal decorations, signifying particular times of the year.
We hang a fresh pine wreath every winter.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Symbol
Wreaths are culturally associated with holidays and memorials.
A wreath on the door symbolizes welcome during Christmas.
Pro Tip 2/3Respect and Honor
A wreath can represent respect for those who have passed, especially in military contexts.
The general placed a wreath at the war memorial.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Decor
Wreaths are often used as seasonal decorations, signifying particular times of the year.
We hang a fresh pine wreath every winter.
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Jay Silver: Hack a...
The materiality and fleshiness and meat of the mushroom being explored by how it can hold up different objects being stuck into it. And after about 45 minutes, you get really intricate projects like leaves sorted by hue, so you get a color fade and put in a circle like a wreath. And the creator of this, he said, "This is fire. I call this fire."
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Swimming With Sharks:...
And I also wanted to photograph species like the whale shark which doesn't have teeth at all or the teeth that it has are very very small. This is a plankton feeder. Not a predatory shark but the biggest fish in the ocean. This is one that I photographed in Mexico and was sort of entranced by this living wreath of bait fish
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Coral Reef Ocean...
and movement but again if you put a time-lapse camera the wreath is so big different coral colonies are fighting with each other they're moving around they're extending their polyps they're moving with the water currents they are reproducing they're migrating because they have that life history stage where they can float
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Ice Age Cave Art:...
it's a cathedral entrance in a wooded hillside in the foothills of the Pyrenees. There's like a whole wreath of dangling green vines coming down, it's inviting. It wants you to come in. And so I can understand why people might've decided to go in there 14,000 years ago.
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Recruiting Women for...
example and have an opportunity to talk to women on top of the capital of the united states where the the greatest form of political power in the world there is a statue and it's a woman she's called lady freedom she has in her hand a sword in one hand and a wreath of
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Jodi Picoult: Leaving...
When she died, Sissy stayed with her the whole time she was dying, stayed by her grave for a day after she died, and then very carefully, they watched her take that tire, and lay it on the grave, kinda like we place a wreath. And she left it there for her friend.
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Looking for Killer...
and swimming directly towards that crude you have least to killer whales here you have a puffin where it was white is blind I mean it is astonishing you have oil hitting one wreath and spreading 1500 miles the
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Priceless Ancient...
some of the objects are so valuable that's like what we call hand carry and that's basically the courier's handcuffed to the briefcase and escorted through security the golden wreath of
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Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
so fascinating I think just because we did find the strawberry or a wreath ristic leopard as it's actually known in the scientific world the other thing I
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You owe it to yourself...
They were all in a line. And there, along this line, was this thing, this glorious, bewildering thing. It looked like a wreath woven from silvery thread,
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Jay Silver: Hack a...
The materiality and fleshiness and meat of the mushroom being explored by how it can hold up different objects being stuck into it. And after about 45 minutes, you get really intricate projects like leaves sorted by hue, so you get a color fade and put in a circle like a wreath. And the creator of this, he said, "This is fire. I call this fire."
Video examples
Swimming With Sharks:...
And I also wanted to photograph species like the whale shark which doesn't have teeth at all or the teeth that it has are very very small. This is a plankton feeder. Not a predatory shark but the biggest fish in the ocean. This is one that I photographed in Mexico and was sort of entranced by this living wreath of bait fish
Video examples
Coral Reef Ocean...
and movement but again if you put a time-lapse camera the wreath is so big different coral colonies are fighting with each other they're moving around they're extending their polyps they're moving with the water currents they are reproducing they're migrating because they have that life history stage where they can float
Video examples
Ice Age Cave Art:...
it's a cathedral entrance in a wooded hillside in the foothills of the Pyrenees. There's like a whole wreath of dangling green vines coming down, it's inviting. It wants you to come in. And so I can understand why people might've decided to go in there 14,000 years ago.
Video examples
Recruiting Women for...
example and have an opportunity to talk to women on top of the capital of the united states where the the greatest form of political power in the world there is a statue and it's a woman she's called lady freedom she has in her hand a sword in one hand and a wreath of
Video examples
Jodi Picoult: Leaving...
When she died, Sissy stayed with her the whole time she was dying, stayed by her grave for a day after she died, and then very carefully, they watched her take that tire, and lay it on the grave, kinda like we place a wreath. And she left it there for her friend.
Video examples
Looking for Killer...
and swimming directly towards that crude you have least to killer whales here you have a puffin where it was white is blind I mean it is astonishing you have oil hitting one wreath and spreading 1500 miles the
Video examples
Priceless Ancient...
some of the objects are so valuable that's like what we call hand carry and that's basically the courier's handcuffed to the briefcase and escorted through security the golden wreath of
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
so fascinating I think just because we did find the strawberry or a wreath ristic leopard as it's actually known in the scientific world the other thing I
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You owe it to yourself...
They were all in a line. And there, along this line, was this thing, this glorious, bewildering thing. It looked like a wreath woven from silvery thread,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
Nobody loves the Boston Marathon as much as the people who make fun of it year after year. This was the race that previously offered as a prize a not particularly expensive medal, a laurel wreath, and a bowl of beef stew. This was the race that, on one memorable occasion, nobody knew who actually won.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
What child has ever known the country and has not twined hundreds of fragrant wreaths with the yellow shining cowslip and the more frail and delicate violet - mingling here and there green leaves culled from the odorous eglantine, or, as we more commonly call it, sweetbriar.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
I think that the essence of a Christmas wreath - of all Christmas vegetative decoration - has to be green and, if possible, living. So the basis of a wreath is ideally holly, laurel, ivy, rosemary, larch, fir or whatever is to hand.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.
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Pippa Middleton
British Celebrity
When I was a child, my December weekends were spent making cards, decorating the tree, hanging the wreath and preparing brandy butter and peppermint creams.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
American Author
The individual man is transitory, but the pulse of life and of growth goes on after he is gone, buried under a wreath of magnolia leaves.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
The truth is that wreaths have never really been part of my creative life. I like them and want them and know how to do them.
Quote examples
Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
Nobody loves the Boston Marathon as much as the people who make fun of it year after year. This was the race that previously offered as a prize a not particularly expensive medal, a laurel wreath, and a bowl of beef stew. This was the race that, on one memorable occasion, nobody knew who actually won.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
What child has ever known the country and has not twined hundreds of fragrant wreaths with the yellow shining cowslip and the more frail and delicate violet - mingling here and there green leaves culled from the odorous eglantine, or, as we more commonly call it, sweetbriar.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
I think that the essence of a Christmas wreath - of all Christmas vegetative decoration - has to be green and, if possible, living. So the basis of a wreath is ideally holly, laurel, ivy, rosemary, larch, fir or whatever is to hand.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.
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Pippa Middleton
British Celebrity
When I was a child, my December weekends were spent making cards, decorating the tree, hanging the wreath and preparing brandy butter and peppermint creams.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
American Author
The individual man is transitory, but the pulse of life and of growth goes on after he is gone, buried under a wreath of magnolia leaves.
Quote examples
Monty Don
English Celebrity
The truth is that wreaths have never really been part of my creative life. I like them and want them and know how to do them.
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