laurel

Meanings

Plural: laurels

Noun

any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
(antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
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.
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.

Verb

To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
To enwreathe.
To award top honours to.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro.

Synonyms

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, bay wreath, laurel wreath, Stan Laurel

Scrabble Score: 6

laurel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
laurel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
laurel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

laurel is a valid Words With Friends word