Meaning of emblem | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
2. A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo
3. Something that represents a larger whole.
4. An object associated with and serving to identify something else:attribute, symbol.
5. Something that represents a larger whole
6. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
7. an object chosen to represent an idea, a quality, a country etc. The dove is the emblem of peace. simbool شِعار، رَمْز емблема emblema symbol, emblém das Sinnbild tegn; symbol; kendemærke έμβλημαemblema võrdkuju نماد؛ مظهر tunnus emblèmeסמל, אות चिह्न amblem, obilježje jelkép lambang tákn emblema 象徴 상징, 표상, 문장(紋章) emblema, simbolis, herbas emblēma; simbols lambang embleemsymbol, merke, tegn, emblemgodło, symbol نښان، نښه ، دوياړ نښان سمبول emblema emblemă эмблема; символ symbol, emblém znak s...
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8. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface
9. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
10. sinnebeelding شِعاري، رَمْزي емблематичен emblemático symbolický sinnbildlich betegnende; symbolsk; kendetegnende εμβληματικός emblemático võrdkujuline نمادین؛ نشانه vertauskuvallinen emblématiqueסמלי द्योतक amblemski jelképes perlambangan táknrænn emblematico 象徴的な 상징의 simbolinis simbolisks simbolik emblematischsymbolsk symbolizujący نښه emblemático emble­matic символический symbolický značilen simboličan symbolisk เกี่ยวกับสัญลักษณ์ simgesel 象徵的 символічний علامتی biểu tượng 象征的
11. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation
12. A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
13. A distinctive badge, design, or device: trucks marked with the company emblem; the emblem of the air force.
14. A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon
15. An object or representation that functions as a symbol: "a bed of sweet-scented lilies, the emblem of France" (Amy Steedman).
16. An allegorical picture usually inscribed with a verse or motto presenting a moral lesson.
17. a visible object or representation that symbolizes a quality, type, group, etc, esp the concrete symbol of an abstract idea: the dove is an emblem of peace.
18. (Art Terms) an allegorical picture containing a moral lesson, often with an explanatory motto or verses, esp one printed in an emblem book
19. an object symbolizing a quality, state, etc.; symbol: The olive branch is an emblem of peace.
20. a figure or design that identifies something.

Equivalents

Examples

“The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.”

“His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke;”

“The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.”

“Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.”

“Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone Of costliest emblem”

“An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable:”

“Near-synonym: charge”

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