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MEDAL
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Irregular inflected forms: medalled , medalling
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
Synonyms:
decoration; laurel wreath; medal; medallion; palm; ribbon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("medal" is a kind of...):
accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medal"):
Congressional Medal of Honor; Medal of Honor (the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action 'above and beyond the call of duty')
Distinguished Service Medal (a United States military decoration for meritorious service in wartime duty of great responsibility)
Distinguished Service Cross (a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy)
Navy Cross (a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy)
Distinguished Flying Cross (a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight)
Air Medal (a United States Air Force decoration for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight)
Silver Star; Silver Star Medal (a United States military decoration for gallantry in action)
Bronze Star; Bronze Star Medal (a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight))
Order of the Purple Heart; Purple Heart (a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action)
Oak Leaf Cluster (a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before)
Victoria Cross (a British military decoration for gallantry)
Distinguished Conduct Medal (a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field)
Distinguished Service Order (a British military decoration for special service in action)
Croix de Guerre (a French military decoration for gallantry)
Medaille Militaire (a French military decoration)
Derivation:
medalist; medallist (someone who has won a medal)
Context examples:
A young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the war.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
