Laurel

What do we mean by laurel?

An evergreen tree (Laurus nobilis) of the Mediterranean region valued for its aromatic ovate leaves, used in cooking. noun

A shrub or tree, such as the mountain laurel, having a similar aroma or leaf shape. noun

A wreath of laurel conferred as a mark of honor in ancient times upon poets, heroes, and victors in athletic contests. noun

Honor and glory won for great achievement. noun

To crown with laurel. transitive verb

To honor, especially with an award or prize. transitive verb

(rest on (one's) laurels) To rely on one's past achievements instead of working to maintain or advance one's status or reputation. idiom

In Porto Rico, Mexico, and Central America, a name applied to many species of Ocoted, Damburneya, and allied genera of Lauraceæ; especially, in Porto Rico, to Ocotea fœniculacea, O. floribunda, Damburneya Sintenisii (Nectandra Sintenisii of Mez), D. Krugii (Nectandra Krugii of Mez), and D. coriacea (Nectandra coriacea of Grisebach). noun

The Victorian laurel, Pittosporum undulatum. Also called mock-orange. noun

A tree of the ginseng family, Polyscias elegans, yielding a light, soft wood. Also called white sycamore. noun

The American laurel. noun

The oleander. noun

The laurel-magnolia, Magnolia Virginiana. noun

The bay-tree or bay-laurel, Laurus nobilis. This is the true laurel of the ancients and the poets. noun

Any species of the genus Laurus. noun

Any one of many diverse plants whose leaves suggest those of the true laurel. noun

A crown of laurel; hence, honors acquired; claims to or tokens of distinction or glory: often in the plural: as, to win laurels in battle. noun

An English gold coin worth 20 shillings, or about 5 dollars, first issued in 1619 by James I.: so called because the head of the king was wreathed with laurel, and not crowned, as on earlier English coins. It was also called broad, unite, and jacobus. See cut under broad, n. noun

A salmon which has remained in fresh water during the summer. noun

Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.

A crown of laurel.

(chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.

Any plant of the family Lauraceae.

Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.

An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

Words that are spelled similarly to laurel:
laurel, lauren, saurel, laure, laurer, lauryl, laural, laurea.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word laurel:
wreath, hardy, rhododendron, gabby, racecourse, marlon, roach, bala, canyon, ashley, pigeon, fork, maryland, nissan, ribbon, oak, evergreen, grove, hal, stan, inscription, turf, oliver, cemetery, reverse, hill, delaware, leaf, mississippi, unincorporated, badge, stakes, boulevard, leaves, forests, apollo, branches, springs, township, pine, plantation, tree, montana, trees, crown, creek, ridge, mill, forest, pennsylvania, philippine, kentucky, heights, jersey, palm, achievement, avenue, elementary.

Words that rhyme with laurel:
moral, coral, quarrel, amoral, sorrel, oral, aural, immoral, boreal, floral, choral, sorel, balmoral, goral, chloral, zoril, auroral, thoral, boral, horal, orel, roral, saurel, loral, forel, durrell, turrell, bawrel, curle, sorrell, borel, moril, torril, lorel, morelle, zorille, borrel, burrill, wood sorrel, brain coral, red coral, morell, norrell, sheep sorrel, forrill, hurrell, mushroom coral, french sorrel, precious coral, koral, creeping wood sorrel, stony coral, common wood sorrel, gorgonian coral, jamaica sorrel, murrell, red sorrel, phlorol, horrell, garden sorrel, common sorrel, violet wood sorrel, thorell, sorell, murrill, bore ill, borell, commodore hull, corle, dinosaur hill, encore il, gore hill, more ill, nor ill, norell, or ill, ora il, ore hill, reloral, surrell, sycamore hill, tearle, therefore ill, tor hill, turrill, war il, woehrle, wore ill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe laurel:
green, common, wild, sacred, cherry, true, pink, indian, alexandrian, golden, fresh, big, spurge, sheep, swamp, english, young, bloody, poetic, bog, leaved, delphic, native, parnassian, thick, single, barren, dense, former, unfading, beautiful, portuguese, triumphant, immortal, dark, sweet, pale, vacant, withered, late, doy, proffered, gilded, grecian, variegated, bay, fragrant, fadeless, roman, prophetic, pillow, classic, verdant, fading, noble, triumphal, deathless, polished, bright, poetical, laving, imperial, fairest, japanese, gigantic, tall, aged, huge, california, beloved, leafed, clipped, glorious, scorched, proudest, dry, academic, gold.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective laurel:
wreath, leaves, crown, tree, wreaths, bushes, leaf, trees, branch, water, branches, bush, crowns, hedge, family, thickets, grove, boughs, bough, thicket, groves, garland, wood, oak, hedges, oil, walk, berries, forest, blooms, garlands, twig, chaplet, victory, shades, blossoms, twigs, wound, shrubs, flowers, camphor, sumac, forests, shade, tie, spray, sprays, cherry, tribe, bloom, bank, shrubbery, green, oaks, buds, twine, magnolia, flower, sprig, path, berry, roses, woods, wreathes, sprigs, bay, staff, patch, walks, vert, bow, wear, shrub, foliage, root, chaplets, clump, festoons, bowers, bottle, viburnum, bower, copse, slick, spins, slicks, brakes, poisoning, bind, hells, seed.

Consonant match to laurel:
loral, loreal, lorel, lair hill, le reel, le role, lor all, low rail, lure all.

Words that sound like laurel:
laurel, loral, lorel, lauryl, lural, laura, floral, laurels, lora, loreal, chloral, loo roll, lorah, loralee, lorilee, laureled, laura lee, laurelled, loring, hurrell, horal, horrell, lara, lorelei, larval, loreley, larl, lorella, loyal, lauren, literal, liberal, plural, lorry, lateral, lori, laurie, loren, lira, lowell, lire, lyra, lory, lorrie, lorie, lera, littoral, leora, lawry, laury, lauri, lura, lawrie, harle, lisle, lauran, lowrie, libral, loyall, loro, liora, loria, lyall, lorey, loree, lorri, pleural, luttrell, lauro, louring, loras, loyale, lauria, l'oreal, leira, littrell, litoral, lorac, lorio, log roll, coral, cheryl, choral, curle, harrell, layering, auroral, goral, koral, harrel, cheryll, correl, corol, harel, harrill, harral, forel, lairing, coroll, forrill.