wreath

Other forms of wreath

plural

wreaths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wreath

What does wreath mean?

wreath means "flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes".

How many syllables are in wreath?

wreath has 1 syllable: wreath. In IPA it is /ˈɹiθ/.

What is another word for wreath?

Close synonyms include garland, coronal, chaplet, lei. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wreath a common word?

wreath is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.