wreath
[noun]
Synonyms: garland, band, chaplet, crown, festoon, ring

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Related Words: bay(s), laurel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wreath /riːθ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: writha]

1. a circle made from leaves or flowers that you put on the place where a person is buried:
The prime minister laid a wreath at the war memorial.

2. a circle of leaves or flowers that people use to decorate their houses at Christmas

3. a circle made from leaves that a person wore on their head in the past as a sign of honour:
a laurel wreath

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wreath
noun
ADJ. Christmas, festive | holly, laurel, poppy
VERB + WREATH lay The Queen laid a poppy wreath at the war memorial.
send He didn't come to the funeral but he sent a wreath.
be crowned with, wear
PREP. ~ of She wore a wreath of roses round her head.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲