Sekirov Dictionary

accolade

/ˈæk.əˌleɪd/

noun 8
verb 3
forms 3

noun8

•
An expression of approval; praise.
- The scientist received the highest accolade in her field for the groundbreaking discovery.
- Winning the championship brought the team immense accolade from sports analysts worldwide.
•
A special acknowledgment; an award.
- This film is likely to pick up major accolades.
(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.
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
(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.
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.
A brace used to join two or more staves.
Synonym of curly bracket.

verb3

forms

accoladed · accolading · accolades

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