accolade

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Synonyms: accolate, accolades, accola, accoladed

Antonyms: accolate, accolades, accola, accoladed

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Noun

1. An expression of [[approval]]; [[praise]]. {{defdate|from 1852}}
2. A special [[acknowledgment]]; an [[award]].
3. An [[embrace]] of [[greeting]] or [[salutation]].
4. {{senseid|en|salutation}} {{lb|en|historical}} A [[salutation]] marking the [[conferring]] of [[knighthood]], consisting of an [[embrace]] or a [[kiss]], and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
5. {{lb|en|music}} A [[brace]] used to join two or more [[staves]].
6. {{lb|en|US}} A written [[presidential]] [[certificate]] recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded [[in action]] between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in [[Korea]] between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
7. {{senseid|en|architecture}} {{lb|en|architecture}} An ornament composed of two [[ogee]] curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
8. {{lb|en|typography}} {{synonym of|en|curly bracket}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[embrace]] or [[kiss]] in salutation.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|historical}} To [[confer]] a [[knighthood]] on.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[confer]] praise or awards on.

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