garland

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A wreath or festoon, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
• noun A representation of such a wreath or festoon, used as an architectural ornament or heraldic device.
• noun A mark of honor or tribute; an accolade.
• noun Nautical A ring or collar of rope used to hoist spars or prevent fraying.
• noun An anthology, as of ballads or poems.
• transitive verb To ornament or deck with a garland.
• transitive verb To form into a garland.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun 1. A royal crown; a diadem; any crown, as, figuratively, of martyrdom.
• noun A wreath; a string of flowers or leaves, intended to be festooned or hung round a person or an object for ornament in token of festivity, or to be worn as a wreath or chaplet on the head: in the latter case, often conferred in former times as a mark of admiration or honor, especially for poetic or artistic excellence.
• noun Hence— A string or series of literary gems; a collection of choice short pieces in poetry or prose; an anthology.
• noun Figuratively, the top; the principal thing, or thing most prized.
• noun In heraldry, same as chaplet, 3.
• noun A sort of bag of network, having the mouth extended by a hoop, used by sailors instead of a locker or cupboard to hold provisions.
• noun In mining, a wooden or cast-iron curb set in the walling of a shaft, to catch and carry away any water coming down its sides.
• noun Nautical, a name given to a band, collar, or grommet of ropes, used for various purposes.
• To deck with a garland or garlands.
• To make into a wreath or garland.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To deck with a garland.
• noun obsolete The crown of a king.
• noun A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath.
• noun The top; the thing most prized.
• noun A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
• noun A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.
• noun A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration
• noun An accolade or mark of honour
• noun coalminers' jargon a metal gutter placed round a mine shaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe
• verb transitive To deck or ornament something with a garland
• verb transitive To form something into a garland

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
• verb adorn with bands of flowers or leaves
• noun United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)
• noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• noun an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.