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MERIT BADGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does merit badge mean?
• MERIT BADGE (noun)
The noun MERIT BADGE has 1 sense:
1. a badge award to Boy Scouts in recognition of special projects
Familiarity information: MERIT BADGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A badge award to Boy Scouts in recognition of special projects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("merit badge" is a kind of...):
badge (an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.))
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