Garland

Quick meaning: Garland is a noun meaning A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

Meaning

A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

More Meanings

1. An accolade or mark of honour.
2. (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
3. The crown of a monarch.
4. The top; the thing most prized.
5. (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
6. (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
7. (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.

Example Sentences

Bestow a Garland only on a Bier

And call him noble that was now your hate, / Him vile that was your garland.

They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.

Anand disembarks like a statesman from the Volkswagen to be garlanded immediately by five different women.

Word Forms

• garlands
• garlanding
• garlanded

Synonyms for garland

Depending on context, synonyms include chaplet, wreath, miscellany, coronal, florilegium, lei.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chaplet, coronal, wreath, miscellany, florilegium, lei.

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