medallion

Borrowed from French médaillon.

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈdæljən/

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medallion (plural medallions)

1. A large medal, usually decorative.
2. A cut of meat resembling a large medal.

   Synonym: medaillon

   pork medallion

3. (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
4. A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
5. A yellowish brown.

• medallionist
• medallion man

• medal

medallion (third-person singular simple present medallions, present participle medallioning, simple past and past participle medallioned)

1. (transitive, poetic) To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.

   a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky

• amulet
• rosary
• talisman

• medaillon