guard of honour
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person.
noun
Two frenched racks of lamb placed together with the ribs interlinked.
Example Sentences
- "With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets."