a flat piece of metal, usually shaped like a coin, that is given to the winner of a competition or to sb who has been brave, for example in war:
to win a gold medal in the Olympics * to award a medal for bravery
IDIOMS see DESERVE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for medal is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is medal a noun, verb, or something else?
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