Word: laurels
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lau
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Definition: Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.
Morphemes:
Affix: laurel
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Honor, distinction, fame.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: laurus
Language: la
Decoded: laurus
Meaning: laurel
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the word bearing the marker.