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Definitions for laurels
lau·rels

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. award, accolade, honor, honour, laurelsnoun

    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

    "an award for bravery"

  2. honor, honour, laurelsnoun

    the state of being honored

GCIDE

  1. laurelsnoun

    An honor or honors conferred for some notable achievement.

Wiktionary

  1. laurelsnoun

    Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.

Wikipedia

  1. laurels

    Laurus nobilis is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth) leaves. It is in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and is used as bay leaf for seasoning in cooking. Its common names include bay tree (esp. United Kingdom),: 84  bay laurel, sweet bay, true laurel, Grecian laurel, or simply laurel. Laurus nobilis figures prominently in classical Greco-Roman culture. Worldwide, many other kinds of plants in diverse families are also called "bay" or "laurel", generally due to similarity of foliage or aroma to Laurus nobilis.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of laurels in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of laurels in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of laurels in a Sentence

  1. Ron DeSantis:

    We find ourselves in Florida on the front lines in the battle for freedom, together, we have made Florida the nation’s most desired destination and we have produced historic results. But now’s not the time to rest on our laurels.

  2. Susan Huang:

    Everyone was resting on their laurels because we’ve been able to reduce MRSA, largely from hospital efforts to reduce infection risk, but these are preventable infections and we should be able to drive them down to zero.

  3. Tommy Thompson:

    It’s hard to explain the number of roadblocks, i don’t rest on my laurels; I’m working all the time here. It’s hard to communicate here.

  4. Michael Hardaway:

    Only the weak rest on their laurels and dote on past triumphs.

  5. Marwan Lahoud:

    It could have been a crown of laurels; it is in the process of becoming a crown of thorns, and we are taking measures to rediscover the laurels, i am not concerned at all about the future of the aircraft. The difficulties we have today are difficulties of execution.

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