garland
IPA: gˈɑrɫʌnd
noun
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- The crown of a monarch.
- (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.
- Any of a number of places in the United States named for persons with the surname:
- A city mostly in Dallas County, Texas.
verb
- (transitive) To deck or ornament something with a garland.
- (transitive) To form something into a garland.
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Examples of "garland" in Sentences
- Garland as proof of his success.
- Garland is confident he will win.
- He's building on the Garland script.
- And a weaver of the garlands of the nymphs,
- Garlands adorn his head, and he is lithe, graceful and nimble.
- The staff is topped with a garland and a eagle with outstretched wings.
- Garland was born in Sydney, and after leaving school became a toolmaker.
- Kothai comes in with the previous garland and then they garland Lord Vishnu.
- He left Atari in 2006 to co found Exigent with Garland Wong and Jesse Rapczak.
- Garlands emanate from either side of Indra in the style current to the monument.
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