wreath
Plural: wreaths
Noun
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
- 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.
- A defect in glass.
- An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
- pl. -S a band of flowers WREATHY adj
Verb
- Alternative spelling of wreathe.
Examples
- "a wreath of smoke a wreath of clouds"
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 12
wreath: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordwreath: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wreath: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
wreath is a valid Words With Friends word