Definitions for medallion

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medallion me·dal·lion

Spelling: [muh-dal-yuh n]

IPA: /məˈdæl yən/

Medallion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 558 anagrams from letters in medallion (adeillmno).

Definitions for medallion

noun

1. a large medal.
2. anything resembling a medal in form, used as an ornament, in a design, etc.
3. a permit issued by a governmental agency to operate a taxicab, usually represented by a small metal identification disk displayed on the taxi.
4. Architecture. a tablet, usually rounded, often bearing objects represented in relief. a member in a decorative design resembling a panel.
5. médaillon.

Origin of medallion

1650-60; French médaillon Italian medaglione, augmentative of medaglia medal

Examples for medallion

From the medallion depend by finely wrought chains five objects.

But Devilshoof having secured the medallion, made off with it.

Before he could recover balance Shann had stamped on the medallion.

Then follows a medallion, where the workmanship is of singular delicacy.

As he reaches to pick one up, his star-shaped Malcolm X medallion clatters against his necklace of wooden beads.

There was a medallion in the centre, with a figure in high relief.

On the left is a medallion of a satyr and nymph; the opposite medallion is destroyed.

Ten years ago Jay-Z could not have worn his medallion even on a visit to prison, let alone inside of one.

We have now to return to the medallion which forms the centre of the cup.

One wears a medallion around his neck with instructions on how to freeze his head cryogenically in the event of his death.