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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•co•lade /ˈækəˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- any award, honor, or notice of praise.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•co•lade (ak′ə lād′, -läd′; ak′ə lād′, -läd′),USA pronunciation n. - any award, honor, or laudatory notice:The play received accolades from the press.
- a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword or formerly by an embrace, done in the ceremony of conferring knighthood.
- the ceremony itself.
- Music and Dancea brace joining several staves.
- Architecture
- Architecturean archivolt or hood molding having more or less the form of an ogee arch.
- Architecturea decoration having more or less the form of an ogee arch, cut into a lintel or flat arch.
- French, derivative of a(c)colée embrace (with -ade -ade1), noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of a(c)coler, Old French verb, verbal derivative of col neck (see collar) with a- a-5
- 1615–25
ac′co•lad′ed, adj. |