Cryptic crossword clue
Bays of victory 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LAURELS

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What does LAURELS mean?

LAURELS noun
  1. Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
  2. A crown of laurel.
  3. (chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
  4. Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
  5. Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
  6. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
LAURELS verb
  1. To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
  2. To enwreathe.
  3. To award top honours to.
LAURELS noun
  1. Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.

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