accolade
Pronunciation:
/ˈæk.ə.ˌleɪd/noun
Definitions
An expression of approval; praise.
A special acknowledgment; an award.
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
verb
Definitions
To embrace or kiss in salutation.
To confer a knighthood on.
To confer praise or awards on.
Example: an accoladed novel
noun
Definitions
Either of the two characters { and }, i.e., left curly bracket left curly bracket and right curly bracket right curly bracket, with the shape of a curved, pointed line, having various uses in math, music, and computer programming.