Definitions for wreath

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Spelling: [reeth]
IPA: /riθ/

Wreath is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in wreath (aehrtw).

Definitions for wreath

noun

  1. a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
  2. any ringlike, curving, or curling mass or formation:
  3. a curved section of a handrail. Also called wreathpiece. a curved section of a string.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to wreathe.

Origin of wreath

before 1000; Middle English wrethe, Old English writha something wound or coiled; akin to writhe

Examples for wreath

He will then visit the Western Wall and lay a wreath at the Holocaust memorial at Mount Herzl.

Three were unadorned; one bore a wreath, red ribbons, and a name: Adolf Hitler.

Such a wreath, then, is made by lovers when they wish to see their 'fate.'

And a wreath of immortelles and a bouquet bought by the Coupeaus were also placed on the coffin.

That wreath it was which should be more dear than a chest of gold to Creon's family and Creon's city.

For Coming Soon, Gordon's initial plan was to make and then display her wreath paintings in a low-budget California tract house.

Plus “The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth/And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath”?

A wreath of roses was tried on, but this too was so unsightly that I refused to wear it.

A wreath of green leaves is placed on her head where a red band stands out against her white-blond shaved head.

Nance turned away, and put up her chin to watch a wreath of smoke.

Word Value for wreath
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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