emblem
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈɛmbləm/
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emblema
- The rose is an emblem of love and beauty.
- flag and emblem
- national emblem
- display the emblem
You've got this cute little emblem on the front.
- You've got this cute little emblem on the front.
- You have, you know, the fancy journal with the emblem of the hotel on it.
- Look at me, look at the car emblem that's accidentally perfectly in frame.
- They had all these badging, all these emblems.
- He actually didn't change his mind about the Confederate battle emblem being in the Mississippi State flag.
- Maserati has a very cool logo, the Trident emblem.
- They treat it as if these are emblems, mascots, uniforms for a team that they are on.
- The symbol of the order was an owl, which interestingly enough, is almost identical to the owl, which is the emblem of the Bohemian Club.
- And it became an emblem for them, a way of like showing how non conformist they were.
Examples
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Did you know that the leek is the national emblem of Wales?
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The envelope bore the emblem of Thomas Cook's and the address of its local office.
Fiction book (1993) -
That Apple emblem comes from one specific Apple device.
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Excuse me, gentlemen, but I think the officer in charge ought to have an emblem of authority.
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It's a perfect emblem of the variety of the empire.
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At the center of the altar is the emblem of an open hand.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's the emblem for the Irish Templar Knights.
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Our beloved mascot and signature emblem.
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A car bearing an official state emblem stops outside an imposing curtain of security gates.
Fiction book (1995) -
Scorpio Tiberius birth sign became the emblem of the Praetorian Guard.
Synonyms
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3.5
An object that stands for an idea or feeling
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1.8
A picture or symbol a company uses so people can easily recognise it
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3.9
A picture that represents a person, thing, or idea
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7.1
A badge worn to show official rank or group membership
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8.2
A design used to show who a person, family or group is
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6.8
A simple picture or design that shows a company's brand
Antonyms
How Symbolic
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word emblem comes from an old Greek idea made of em- meaning 'in' and ballein meaning 'to throw', used for a small picture 'thrown into' a larger design. So an emblem is a visible sign or small design that stands for an idea, group, or quality.