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Medallion

//məˈdæljən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large medal, usually decorative.
  2. 2
    an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event wordnet
  3. 3
    A cut of meat resembling a large medal.

    "pork medallion"

  4. 4
    an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered wordnet
  5. 5
    A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
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  1. 6
    a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) wordnet
  2. 7
    A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
  3. 8
    any of various large ancient Greek coins wordnet
  4. 9
    A yellowish brown.
Verb
  1. 1
    To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions. poetic, transitive

    "a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French médaillon.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French médaillon.

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