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Noun: laurel wreath
  1. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
    "The athlete proudly wore her gold laurel wreath around her neck";
    - decoration, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon
     
  2. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
    "The triumphant general was crowned with a laurel wreath";
    - laurel, bay wreath

Derived forms: laurel wreaths

Type of: accolade, award, chaplet, coronal, garland, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], laurels, lei, wreath

Encyclopedia: Laurel wreath