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noun, plural wreaths [reethz, reeths]. /riðz, riθs/. a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet. any ringlike, curving, or curling mass or formation: a wreath of clouds. (in stair building) - a curved section of a handrail.
- Also called wreathpiece . a curved section of a string.
verb (used with or without object)Origin of wreathbefore 1000; Middle English wrethe,Old English writha something wound or coiled; akin to writhe OTHER WORDS FROM wreathwreathlike, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wreathwraith, wreath , wreathe, writheWords nearby wreathwrath, wrathful, wrathy, wreak, wreak havoc, wreath, wreathe, wreathed column, wreathy, wreck, wreckage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wreathPlus “The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth/And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath”? Keep Christmas Commercialized!|P. J. O’Rourke|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST He will then visit the Western Wall and lay a wreath at the Holocaust memorial at Mount Herzl. The Pope’s Risky Trip to the Holy Land|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST A wreath of green leaves is placed on her head where a red band stands out against her white-blond shaved head. Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST For Coming Soon, Gordon's initial plan was to make and then display her wreath paintings in a low-budget California tract house. Kim Gordon: Going Solo After Sonic Youth, and Why She Identifies With ‘Girls’|Andrew Romano|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three were unadorned; one bore a wreath, red ribbons, and a name: Adolf Hitler. The Real Monuments Men: The Coronation Chamber of Hitler|Robert Edsel|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST A wreath encircling the inscription "Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul, 1842." Chats on Military Curios|Stanley C. Johnson And always, for the Pilgrim, the sky by day was a sky of brass, softened not by so much as a wreath of cloud mist. The Uncrowned King|Harold Bell Wright This was slightly looped up with blue forget-me-nots, and I had a wreath of the same flowers in my hair. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3)|G. A. Henty She was absolutely callous about Mrs. Curtiss death, and suggested that half-a-guinea was quite enough to give for a wreath. The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley She bore aloft a great platter of the viand, the even slices arranged like a wreath of autumn leaves. Molly Brown of Kentucky|Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for wreath
noun plural wreaths (riːðz, riːθs)a band of flowers or foliage intertwined into a ring, usually placed on a grave as a memorial or worn on the head as a garland or a mark of honour any circular or spiral band or formation a spiral or circular defect appearing in porcelain and glassware Derived forms of wreathwreathless, adjectivewreathlike, adjectiveWord Origin for wreathOld English wrǣth, wrǣd; related to Middle Low German wrēden to twist. See writhe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wreathbouquet, garland, ringlet, festoon, circlet, crown, bay, band, loop, coronet, laurel, ring, chaplet, lei, coronal |