medallion

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French médaillon.

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Noun

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medallion (plural medallions)

  1. A large medal, usually decorative.
  2. A cut of meat resembling a large medal.
    Synonym: medaillon
    pork medallion
  3. (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
  4. A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
  5. A yellowish brown.

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Verb

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medallion (third-person singular simple present medallions, present participle medallioning, simple past and past participle medallioned)

  1. (transitive, poetic) To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.
    a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky

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