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трофей — meaning in English

trofey

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English meaning

  • prize noun An award given to the winner of a competition, contest, or lottery.
  • spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
  • trophy noun An object, such as a cup or statuette, awarded for winning a competition.

Senses

трофей is used for these senses in English:

  • prize (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
  • spoil (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  • trophy An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
  • trophy (art, architecture) A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.

prize — full definition

  1. noun An award given to the winner of a competition, contest, or lottery.
  2. noun Anything highly valued or worth striving for.
  3. verb To value something very highly.
  4. adj Having won an award; outstanding of its kind.

spoil — full definition

  1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
  2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
  3. verb (of food) To go bad.
  4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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