Synonyms for garland


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gahr-luh nd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr lənd


Définition of garland

Origin :
  • "wreath of flowers," c.1300 (mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French garlande, perhaps from Frankish *weron "adorn, bedeck" (cf. Middle High German wieren "adorn, bedeck"), from PIE *wei- "to turn, twist" (see wire).
  • noun strand of material, usually hung
Example sentences :
  • They attire themselves with care, they braid the garland, and they tune the pipe.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Woe to those who must gather the garland of pain—which is remorse-after death!
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • He is led in drunk, and welcomed by Agathon, whom he has come to crown with a garland.
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
  • This kind of garland is made also of ivy, with small red balls.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
  • It were, indeed, to weave Cyprus with the garland of the Bride!
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
  • Because the most were heroic, and for the sake of that most, all Confederate soldiers wore the garland.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He passed other bivouacs—men of Rodes's, of Garland's, of Trimble's.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • As I closed this story, Cameron said: "Garland, you tell that as if you believed in it."
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • Garland, will you purvey another psychic and conduct the pursuit?
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • "Don't expect too much of the Garland Homestead," I repeated.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland

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