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Word entry · 6 letters

wreath

Best crossword clue

"Ring of foliage"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹiːθ/Part of speech nounSorted aehrtwStarts with WEnds with H2 cluesCommon crossword word
1W2R3E4A5T6H

Definitions

  1. flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

Word origin

From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English wrǣd, wrǣþ, wriþa (“bandage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.

Used in a sentence

  • a wreath of smoke a wreath of clouds
  • The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
  • So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Ring of foliage6 letters
02Circular garland6 letters

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