a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.

any ringlike, curving, or curling mass or formation

a wreath of clouds.

(in stair building)

a curved section of a handrail.

Also called wreathpiece. a curved section of a string.

to wreathe.

noun

band , bay , bouquet , chaplet , circlet , coronal , coronet , crown , festoon , garland , laurel , lei , loop , ring , ringletnotes:a wreath is a (usually) circular decoration of flowers; wreathe means \'to proceed on a repeatedly curving course\' , flowers