laurel

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlɔɹ.əl/ UK /ˈlɒɹ.əl/ See IPA manual

Freq #7366

Meanings

1

noun
An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.

Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise.
2

noun
Honor, distinction, fame.

To win laurels.
3

verb
To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.

Windows peered from the spaces between the columns, which rose to hold up the large portico laureling the home with chiseled, decorative wreaths and curving spirals.
4

verb
To enwreathe.

It wasn't hot this late in the year, and the sun was low in the southern sky, bracketed by pines and nearly hidden by a tree line laureling a trailer park.

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Word family

Forms laurels

Derived forms dog-laurelspurge-laurel

Related forms lauralauraceouslaureatelaurenlaurencelaurestinelaurettalauriferouslaurustinus

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.

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# laurel

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈlɔɹ.əl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlɒɹ.əl/
**Frequency rank:** 7366

## Meanings
1. An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
2. Honor, distinction, fame.
3. To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
4. To enwreathe.

## Examples
- Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise.
- To win laurels.
- Windows peered from the spaces between the columns, which rose to hold up the large portico laureling the home with chiseled, decorative wreaths and curving spirals.
- It wasn't hot this late in the year, and the sun was low in the southern sky, bracketed by pines and nearly hidden by a tree line laureling a trailer park.

## Derived Forms
- dog-laurel
- spurge-laurel

## Related Forms
- laura
- lauraceous
- laureate
- lauren
- laurence
- laurestine
- lauretta
- lauriferous
- laurustinus

## 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.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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