coronal
- noun
- /ˈkɔːrənl/
- Archaic
:
corona
Examples
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Lance points are tipped with coronals, which blunts them.
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Preoperative coronal (A) and axial (B) MRI scans show a 4-cm jugular foramen NEC.
Academic text (2008) -
At the festival, she wore a beautiful coronal made of fresh flowers and green leaves.
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The bride adorned her hair with a delicate coronal of daisies and baby's breath.
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For the ceremony, the graduates received a coronal to symbolize their achievements.
Synonyms
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3.1
A ring of flowers or leaves that people place as a decoration at ceremonies and funerals
25
4.2
A band of flowers or leaves used as a decoration
8
6.1
A necklace of flowers given to welcome someone, often in Hawaii
1
9.9
A small ring of flowers or leaves worn on the head
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.0
A joint at the top of the skull where the frontal and parietal bones meet
- Specialized
A speech sound you make with the front of the tongue, like t, d, s or n
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
coronal = corona (semi-transparent) = coron + al
The form is historically built on the crown-related stem coron- plus -al, but the wreath/garland sense is a specialized extension rather than a fully predictable modern formation.
Etymology
Coronal comes from the Latin corona, which means 'crown' or 'wreath', like a ring of flowers worn on the head. So a coronal is a small 'crown' or garland used as an ornament.