1 [U,C] a bush with dark smooth shiny leaves that remain on the bush and stay green through the year:
a laurel hedge
2 (laurels) [pl.] honour and praise given to sb because of sth that they have achieved:
She won laurels for her first novel.
IDIOMS
look to your laurels to be careful that you do not lose the success or advantage that you have over other people:
With so many good new actors around the older ones are having to look to their laurels.
rest / sit on your laurels (usually disapproving) to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is laurel a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, laurel is tagged as noun.
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