1 an arrangement of flowers and leaves, especially in the shape of a circle, placed on graves, etc. as a sign of respect for sb who has died:
The Queen laid a wreath at the war memorial.
2 an arrangement of flowers and/or leaves in the shape of a circle, traditionally hung on doors as a decoration at Christmas:
a holly wreath
3 a circle of flowers or leaves worn on the head, and used in the past as a sign of honour:
a laurel wreath
4 (literary) a circle of smoke, cloud, etc:
wreaths of mist
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for wreath is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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