sprig
1
6.7
- noun
- /sprɪg/
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ramillete
- She adorned her hat with a beautiful sprig of lavender.
- a sprig of holly
- a sprig of mistletoe
- a sprig of flowers
OK, so I bought this sprig because it was cute.
- OK, so I bought this sprig because it was cute.
Examples
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Its back was decorated with green sprigs and golden ribbons.
Academic text (1991) -
His gold medallion was embossed with three sprigs of lavender.
Fiction book (1997) -
So it was carried in, flaming, with a sprig of holly on top.
Fiction book (1990) -
She wears a dark blue dress and a hat with a sprig of flowers.
Fiction book (1990) -
My mother wears a sprig pinned to her dress under her cameo.
Fiction book (1995) -
I picked up a beautiful 2013 letterpress calendar for all of $6.50, complete with its trademark paper wrapping and a sprig of greenery.
Blog text (17) -
She'd pinned a sprig of artificial orange blossom to her seriously out-of-date bustle.
Fiction book (1993) -
The wallpaper was pink-and-white striped with small sprigs of lavender flowers every few inches.
Fiction book (1991) -
She prepared a tray with two cups, a pot, a bowl of brown sugar, some wedges of cassava bread, and a sprig of bougainvillea in a vase.
Fiction book (2000) -
And yet, there in his buttonhole is a sprig of holly, the traditional symbol of the crown of thorns pressed down on Jesus' brow, as if the terrible results of Griswold's kindly efforts were prefigured.
Fiction book (1997)
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A small stem with mint leaves used to add flavor or decoration to food and drinks
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Etymology
Sprig originally meant a small 'shoot' or 'sprout', and that image of a tiny branch led to the meaning 'a little ornament shaped like a spray of leaves or flowers'. So a sprig in decoration or jewelry looks like a tiny branch.