emblems

Noun

emblem (plural emblems)

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
   • The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.

   Synonyms:

   symbol, token, ensign

2. Something that represents a larger whole.
   • The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
   • Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone
     Of costliest emblem1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
   • An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable:1718, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphicks of the life of man
5. A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
   • Near-synonym: charge

   Synonyms:

   charge

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