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BRONZE MEDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronze medal mean? 

BRONZE MEDAL (noun)
  The noun BRONZE MEDAL has 1 sense:

1. a trophy made of bronze (or having the appearance of bronze) that is usually awarded for winning third place in a competitionplay

  Familiarity information: BRONZE MEDAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRONZE MEDAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A trophy made of bronze (or having the appearance of bronze) that is usually awarded for winning third place in a competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bronze medal" is a kind of...):

prize; trophy (something given as a token of victory)


 Context examples 


Third place and the bronze medal went to Abderrahman Samba of Qatar with a time of 48.03 seconds.

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)



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