garland
Other forms: garlands; garlanded; garlanding
A garland is a circular arrangement of flowers, worn or hung for decoration. Think of the strings of pine and holly people hang at holiday time, or the ring of roses they put around the Kentucky Derby winner's neck.
First recorded circa 1300, the word garland in the simplest terms means a circle of flowers or other greenery. Hawaiian leis are a type of garland, as are holiday wreaths and the little flower crowns that flower girls wear at weddings. If you want to get spiritual about garlands, you can refer back to this Buddha quote: "Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds."
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flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposestypes:crowna wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victorybay wreath, laurel, laurel wreath(antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victorycrown of thornsa mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixiontype of:
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adorn with bands of flowers or leaves
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an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.synonyms: florilegium, miscellanytype of:anthologya collection of selected literary passages
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Vocabulary lists containing garland
Gerald has faced many tough situations — the imprisonment of his mother, the death of his beloved aunt, and the abuse of his stepfather — but he is determined to make a better life for himself and his sister Angel. Learn these words from the second novel in the Hazelwood High trilogy.
This poem commemorates the early death of a young athlete. The speaker notes that, because the athlete died in the prime of his life, he will always be remembered as youthful and victorious.
