Medal

Definition: Medal

Medal

Noun

1. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.

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Date "medal" was first used: sometime in the mid-16th century. (references)

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Multilingual Slang

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medal

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Synonyms: Medal

Record

Monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento; (memory); testimonial, medal; commemoration; (celebration).

Sculpture

High relief, low relief, bas relief; relief; relieve; bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo; intaglio, anaglyph; medal, medallion; cameo.

Title

Decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one,s cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward.

Trophy

Noun: trophy; medal, prize, palm, award; laurel, laurels; bays, crown, chaplet, wreath, civic crown; insignia; feather in one's cap; (honor); decoration; garland, triumphal arch, Victoria Cross, Iron Cross.

Crosswords: Medal

You shot me, I can't believe it. They're giving you a medal for shooting me, you little prick (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost)

If nagging were an Olympic sport, my Aunt Voula would win a gold medal! (My Big Fat Greek Wedding; writing credit: Nia Vardalos)

He got the Congressional medal of honor, he saved the lives of every man on that transport (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich)

Three tours in Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Desert Storm; three Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars and the Congressional Medal of - Jesus (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

That medal ribbon (The Spy in Black; writing credit: J. Storer Clouston; Emeric Pressburger)

A Medal for Benny (1945)

Medal for the General (1944)

The Reverse of the Medal (1923)

Medal of Honor Rag (1982)

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Books

• A Collection Of 3 Newbery Medal Winners: "M.C Higgins, the Great", "Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH", and "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" (reference)

• Ordinary Heroes: A Tribute to Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients: Reflections of Freedom, Faith, Duty and the Heroic Possibilities of the Everyday Human Spirit (reference)

• Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery Medal Winner, 2000) (reference)

• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Medal Book, 2000) (reference)

• Hooked on the Caldecott Award Winners: 60 Crossword Puzzles Based on the Caldecott Gold Medal Books (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Medal of Honor - World War II (reference)

• Olympic Gold Medal Winners:First 90 (reference)

• The Medal Maker: Master Sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Medal of Honor [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• The Gold Medal Collection (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Gold Medal Math (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Front of the medal of the Nobel Prize, featuring a profile of Alfred Nobel. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Paralympic athlete Lauren McDevitt Howard, bronze medal winner, 1996 Paralympic Games. From the book,"Portrait of Spirit: One Story at a Time" by Billy Howard and Maggie Holtzberg. Credit: CDC.

Armstrong Awarded Space Medal of Honor. Credit: NASA.

William Bowie Chief of geodesy from 1909 till 1936 retirement Bowie Medal of American Geophysical Union established in his honor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Charles Whitten as a young field engineer flipping a flapjack Astro party of Charles Whitten He is commemorated by the Whitten Medal of the American Geophysical Union. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Jim Finch stands before the casket of Medal of Honor recipient John L. Levitow, Nov. 17, at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington. Levitow died Nov. 8 at his home in Connecticut after a lengthy battle with cancer. (Pho.

The Bronze Star Medal eligibility criteria was limited with the Fiscal 2001 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress. The Medal will be limited to those people receiving imminent danger pay. (Photo illustration by Virginia Reyes).

Alice Pitsenbarger observes at right as her husband, William F. Pitsenbarger, center, accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of his son, Airman 1st Class William F. Pitsenbarger, from Secretary of the Air Force Whit Peters, during a ceremony Dec. 8 at the U.

Air Force Medal of Honor.

Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger was awarded the Air Force Medal of Honor posthumously Dec. 8. Pitzenbarger earned the medal during the Vietnam Conflict, for his actions while on a rescue and recovery mission in which he died, April 11, 1966. (Court.

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Economic History

Spain

In April 1997, King Juan Carlos was awarded the World Statesmen Award by the Appeal of conscience Foundation in New York, and in March 2000, he was given the Medal of Democracy by the Center for Democracy in Washington, DC. On January 11, 2001, the United States and Spain signed a Joint Declaration that lays out a roadmap for expanded cooperation in six areas: political consultation; defense; economics and finance; science and technology; culture and combating new threats and security. (references)

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Expressions using "medal": air Medal ♦ award a medal ♦ bronze medal ♦ bronze Star Medal ♦ congressional Medal of Honor ♦ distinguished Conduct Medal ♦ distinguished service medal ♦ gold medal ♦ have a medal showing ♦ medal of honor ♦ medal of valour ♦ medal play ♦ medal ribbon ♦ medal winner ♦ Presidential Medal of Freedom ♦ prize medal ♦ putty medal ♦ reverse of the medal ♦ Service Medal ♦ silver medal ♦ silver Star Medal ♦ the reverse of the medal ♦ votive medal. Additional references.

Beginning with "medal": medal-encrusted, medal-holder, medal-hope, medal-winner, medal-winners, medal-winning.

Ending with "medal": bronze-medal.

Albanian

medalje, nishan (aim, beauty spot, birthmark, decoration, mole, naevus, target), dekoratë (decoration). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مدالية (key ring, trophy), ‏نوط, ‏وسام شرف (accolade). (various references)

Bulgarian 

орден (decoration, order, society), отличие (distinction, honors, honours, order), медал (decoration). (various references)

Chinese 

獎� , 奖牌, 勳 (merit), 勛 (merit). (various references)

Czech

medaile (plaque), řad. (various references)

Dutch

penning (coin), medaille. (various references)

Esperanto

medalo. (various references)

Farsi 

مدال , نشانی شبیه سکه , نشان (Aim, Attribute, Badge, Banner, Brand, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), صورت (Aspect, Effigy, Face, Figure, Hue, Invoice, List, Phase, Roll, Roster, Schedule, Shape, Sign, Visage), شکل (Configuration, Figure, Form, Gravure, Hue, Image, Likeness, Rank, Schema, Shape, Vignette), شبیه (Alike, Equal, Like, Likeness, Make, Quasi, Rival, Similar, Simile). (various references)

Finnish

muistoraha, mitali, ansiomerkki. (various references)

French

médaille. (various references)

German

Orden (decoration, fraternities, medals, order), Medaille (medallion). (various references)

Greek 

μετάλλιο, παράσημο (order). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�"לי�", מטבע (coin, currency, custom, form, formula, tender, type), עטור כבו�" (decoration), עטור (adorned, coronation, crowned, crowning, embellished, embellishment, garnished, illustration, ornament, ornamented), אות כבו�" (decoration). (various references)

Hungarian

érem (amulet, charm, coin, talisman). (various references)

Indonesian

medali, bintang (asteroid, star). (various references)

Italian

medaglia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'� , 記� (badge, insignia), 勲� (decoration, order). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

メダル , きしょう (badge, beauty spot, climate, damage, disposition, emblem, getting out of bed, happy laughter, injury, insignia, memorizing, rare, rising, scarce, temperament, unexpected victory, victory by uncommon stratagem, vow, weather), しょうはい (issue, prize cup, trophy, victory or defeat), しょう (actor, artisan, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, illness, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, mechanic, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scar, scratch, section, send for, take, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, wear, workman, wound), く�"しょう (decoration, order), ほうしょう (bonus, bounty, compensation, indemnity, Minister of Justice, prize, Ratnasambhava, reparation, reward, singing, The Jewel-born). (various references)

Korean 

�"달. (various references)

Pig Latin

edalmay.(various references)

Portuguese

medalha (plaque). (various references)

Romanian

medalie. (various references)

Russian 

орден (order), медаль (gong). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

medalja, odlikovanje. (various references)

Spanish

medalla (badge). (various references)

Swedish

medalj (decoration). (various references)

Thai

ให้เหรียญรางวัล, เหรียญรางวัล. (various references)

Turkish

madalya (decoration), nişan (affiance, badge, betrothal, brand, butt, decoration, device, engagement, ensign, espousal, gong, Mark, order, plume, sign, target). (various references)

Turkmen 

medal (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

орден (order), нагороджувати медаллю, медаль. (various references)

Vietnamese 

huy chương (decoration). (various references)

Welsh

bathodyn (badge). (various references)

medialia. (various references)

medaglia. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "medal": medaled, medaling, medalist, medalists, medalled, medallic, medalling, medallion, medallions, medallist, medallists, medals. (additional references)

Words containing "medal": bemedaled, bemedalled. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Medal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beddall, dedal, demal, Emdad, Emdale, Gedali, ledal, Madaule, Maddala, madel, Mafdal, mapal, Mardall, Mdel, Mdol, Meala, meda, medac, medai, Medak, medale, Medan, medar, meddel, medel, medex, medfac, Medha, Medlawa, medlo, medo, medu, megal, megali, Mehal, meial, melalap, Memduh, meqal, meral, Mesdag, Middell, Midha, midla, Migdal, Mihalj, modag, Muda, Mudale, mudda, nedal, nedel, vedal, Yeldall. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lamed.

-1 letter: alme, dale, dame, deal, lade, lame, lead, made, male, mead, meal, meld.

-2 letters: ale, dal, dam, del, eld, elm, lad, lam, lea, led, mad, mae, med, mel.

-3 letters: ad, ae, al, am, de, ed, el, em, la, ma, me.

+1 letter: almude, ambled, bedlam, beldam, blamed, calmed, damsel, dermal, flamed, lambed, lamedh, lameds, lammed, lamped, loamed, macled, mailed, malfed, malled, malted, marled, mauled, medals, medial, medlar, palmed, wadmel.

+2 letters: alameda, alamode, alarmed, almudes, bedlamp, bedlams, beldame, beldams, claimed, clammed, clamped, damosel, damozel, damsels, decimal, declaim, dilemma, earldom, emailed, emerald, empaled, flammed, gambled, gleamed, impaled, implead, lamedhs, landmen, leadman, leadmen, limeade, mackled, maculed, malteds, mandrel, mangled, mantled, marbled, mazedly, measled, medaled, medials, medical, medlars, medulla, medusal, melamed, melodia, metaled, miauled, misdeal, mislead, psalmed, rambled, sampled, slammed, wadmels, wambled.