wreath

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɹiθ/ UK /ɹiːθ/ See IPA manual

Freq #19226

Meanings

1

noun
Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

A wreath of smoke a wreath of clouds.
2

noun
An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.

So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.
3

verb
Alternative spelling of wreathe.

Sale) or Salovv a kind of vvoodde like VVyllovv, fit to vvreath and bynde in leapes to catch fiſh vvithall.
4

noun
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 noun · flower arrangement... chapletcoronalgarlandlei

Word family

Derived forms wreathwork

Etymology

From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English wrǣd, wrǣþ, wriþa (“bandage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.

Topics

Abstract Ideas

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# wreath

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹiθ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹiːθ/
**Frequency rank:** 19226

## Meanings
1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
2. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
3. Alternative spelling of wreathe.
4. flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

## Examples
- A wreath of smoke    a wreath of clouds.
- So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.
- Sale) or Salovv a kind of vvoodde like VVyllovv, fit to vvreath and bynde in leapes to catch fiſh vvithall.

## Derived Forms
- wreathwork

## Etymology
From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English wrǣd, wrǣþ, wriþa (“bandage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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