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Word entry · 6 letters

trophy

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"Winner's prize"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹəʊfi/Part of speech nounSorted hoprtyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. something given as a token of victory

Word origin

From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).

Used in a sentence

  • He won the trophy in a running competition.
  • The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
  • Around the posts hung helmets, darts, and spears, / And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, / And broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars.

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