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garland noun [ ˈɡɑːlənd ]

• a wreath of flowers and leaves, worn on the head or hung as a decoration.
Similar: festoon, lei, wreath, chain, loop, ring, circle, swathe, swag, coronet, crown, coronal, chaplet, fillet, headband,
• a prize or distinction.
• a literary anthology or miscellany.

garland verb

• decorate with a garland.
• "they were garlanded with flowers"
Similar: festoon, wreathe, swathe, hang, loop, thread, drape, cover, adorn, ornament, embellish, decorate, deck, trim, dress, array, bedeck, bespangle, do up, do out, get up, trick out, bedizen, furbelow, caparison,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French garlande, of unknown origin.


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