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laurels

laurels is the plural of laurel.

laurels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laurel.

Meaning of laurel

Noun

laurel (countable and uncountable, plural laurels)

  1. An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
    • Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 136
  2. A crown of laurel.
  3. (figuratively, in plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
    • to win laurels
  4. Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
  5. Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
  6. (historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

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Noun (1)

laurels pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with bays, sacred to Apollo.
    • Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition...

Noun (2) capitalized: Laurels

Laurels

  1. (plural) plural of Laurel

Phrases with laurels

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Questions about laurels

What does laurels mean?
Laurels means honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with bays, sacred to Apollo.
What is laurels the plural of?
Laurels is the plural of laurel.
What part of speech is laurels?
Laurels is a noun.

Words near laurels in the dictionary

  1. laurelings
  2. laurelite
  3. laurelled
  4. laurelling
  5. laurellings
  6. laurels
  7. laurelship
  8. laurelships
  9. Laurelton
  10. laurelwood
  11. Laurelyn

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