Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 1 compound words that contain laurels. The most common are listed below. Open laurels in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- rest on one's laurelsTo rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.
- American laurelsplural of American laurel: A flowering shrub, native to the eastern United States (Kalmia latifolia)
- bat laurelsplural of bat laurel: A Singaporean tree, Prunus polystachya.
- bay laurelsplural of bay laurel: Laurus nobilis (true laurel)
- California laurelsplural of California laurel: Umbellularia californica, a tree native to coastal forests of western North America.
- cherry laurelsplural of cherry laurel: An evergreen cherry in the section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus, some of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- great laurelsplural of great laurel: Rhododendron maximum, a species of rhododendron native to eastern North America.
- ground laurelsplural of ground laurel: Epigaea repens, a low, spreading shrub found throughout eastern North America.
- mountain laurelsplural of mountain laurel: Any of species Kalmia latifolia of flowering evergreen shrubs, in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, all parts of which are toxic.
- Queensland laurelsplural of Queensland laurel: The shrub or small tree Anopterus macleayanus, native to Queensland and New South Wales.
- true laurelsplural of true laurel: Laurus nobilis (bay laurel), to distinguish it from other species called laurels.
- Grecian laurelsplural of Grecian laurel: Synonym of true laurel, to distinguish it from related species.
- camphor laurelsplural of camphor laurel: A species of large, evergreen tree, Cinnamomum camphora, family Lauraceae, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere where it can become invasive; the primary natural source of camphor.
- Alexandrian laurelsplural of Alexandrian laurel: An ornamental shrub of species Danae racemosa, in the asparagus family, with glossy leaf-like stems.
- Macleay laurelsplural of Macleay laurel: The shrub or small tree Anopterus macleayanus, native to Queensland and New South Wales.
- rested on one's laurelssimple past and past participle of rest on one's laurels
- resting on one's laurelspresent participle and gerund of rest on one's laurels
- rests on one's laurelsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rest on one's laurels: To rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.
- sat on one's laurelssimple past and past participle of sit on one's laurels
- sit on one's laurelsSynonym of rest on one's laurels: To rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.
- sits on one's laurelsthird-person singular simple present indicative of sit on one's laurels: To rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.
- sitting on one's laurelspresent participle and gerund of sit on one's laurels
Compound words 1
- laurelshipsplural of laurelship: The state, or office, of a laureate.