laurel
Plural: laurels
Noun
- any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
- United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
- (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
- An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
- A crown of laurel.
- Honor, distinction, fame.
- Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
- Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
- An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
Verb
Verb Forms: laureled, laureling, laurels, laurelled, laurelling
- To crown with laurels, denoting honor or victory.
- To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
- To enwreathe.
- To award top honours to.
Examples
- to crown with laurels
- To LAUREL the victor, they simply had to tally up the winning Scrabble score.
- to win laurels
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro.
Synonyms
Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, bay wreath, laurel wreath, Stan Laurel
Scrabble Score: 6
laurel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlaurel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
laurel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary