Wreath

Quick meaning: Wreath is a noun meaning Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

Meaning

Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

More Meanings

1. A defect in glass.
2. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
3. (heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
4. Alternative spelling of wreathe.

Example Sentences

a wreath of smoke a wreath of clouds

[Y]ou haue learn'd (like Sir Protheus) to vvreath your Armes like a Male-content: […]

Sale) or Salovv a kind of vvoodde like VVyllovv, fit to vvreath and bynde in leapes to catch fiſh vvithall.

[T]o wreſt the will of man, or to wreath his hearte to our humours, it is not in the compaſſe of Arte, but in the power of the moſt higheſt.

Word Forms

• wreaths
• wreathing
• wreathed

Synonyms for wreath

Depending on context, synonyms include orle, torse, wreathe, chaplet, coronal, garland.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include garland, chaplet, coronal, lei, coronet, crown.

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