CHAPLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chaplet mean? 

• CHAPLET (noun)
  The noun CHAPLET has 1 sense:

1. flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

  Familiarity information: CHAPLET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAPLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chaplet; coronal; garland; lei; wreath

Hypernyms ("chaplet" is a kind of...):

floral arrangement; flower arrangement (a decorative arrangement of flowers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chaplet"):

crown (a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory)

bay wreath; laurel; laurel wreath ((antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory)

 Context examples 

A chaplet of pearls sparkled amid her black hair, with a gauze of silver network flowing back from it over her shoulders; a black mantle was swathed round her, and she leaned back in her chair as one who is fresh from a journey.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could see that the Professor had carried out in this room, as in the other, his purpose of using the garlic; the whole of the window-sashes reeked with it, and round Lucy's neck, over the silk handkerchief which Van Helsing made her keep on, was a rough chaplet of the same odorous flowers.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)