wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei
(noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chaplet (plural chaplets)
A garland or circlet for the head.
(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
(specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
Alternative form of chapelet
chaplet (plural chaplets)
A small chapel or shrine.
• Pelchat, placeth
Source: Wiktionary
Chap"let, n. Etym: [F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat, garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. Chapelet, Chapeau.]
1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
2. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
4. (Man.)
Definition: A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
5. (Founding)
Definition: A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.
6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.
Chap"let, n.
Definition: A small chapel or shrine.
Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]
Definition: To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
