LAURELS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laurels mean? 

• LAURELS (noun)
  The noun LAURELS has 2 senses:

1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

2. the state of being honored

  Familiarity information: LAURELS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAURELS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels

Context example:

an award for bravery

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

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

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

aliyah ((Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah)

Prix Goncourt (an award given annually for contributions to French literature)

Prix de Rome (an annual prize awarded by the French government in a competition of painters and artists and sculptors and musicians and architects; the winner in each category receives support for a period of study in Rome)

Academy Award; Oscar (an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance)

Nobel prize (an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace)

Emmy (an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television)

trophy (an award for success in war or hunting)

decoration; laurel wreath; medal; medallion; palm; ribbon (an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event)

letter; varsity letter (an award earned by participation in a school sport)

honorable mention; mention (an official recognition of merit)

distinction (an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority)

citation; commendation (an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement)

cachet; seal; seal of approval (an indication of approved or superior status)

crown; pennant (the award given to the champion)

academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being honored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

honor; honour; laurels

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

standing (social or financial or professional status or reputation)

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

glorification; glory (a state of high honor)

celebrity; fame; renown (the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed)

esteem; regard; respect (the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded))

reputation; repute (the state of being held in high esteem and honor)

 Context examples 

He could boast also of the higher honour of having been the first born American to win laurels in the British ring.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Through the gate—now to the right among the laurels.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The song was considered a great success, and the singer retired covered with laurels.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My uncle's gardener always says the soil here is better than his own, and so it appears from the growth of the laurels and evergreens in general.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

At the bottom was a sunk fence; its sole separation from lonely fields: a winding walk, bordered with laurels and terminating in a giant horse-chestnut, circled at the base by a seat, led down to the fence.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The laurels at Maple Grove are in the same profusion as here, and stand very much in the same way—just across the lawn; and I had a glimpse of a fine large tree, with a bench round it, which put me so exactly in mind!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)