- an object such as a silver cup that is given as a prize for winning a competition
- a trophy cabinet
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc1- The club haven't won a major trophy for the past three seasons.
- Europe currently holds the trophy.
- He picked up a trophy for best news editor.
- Portugal will be defending the trophy they won last year.
- The team paraded their League Championship trophy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coveted
- prestigious
- major
- …
- lift
- pick up
- receive
- …
- cabinet
- case
- room
- …
- trophy for
- Trophyused in the names of some competitions and races in which a trophy is given to the winner
- an object that you keep to show that you were successful in something, especially hunting or warOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- coveted
- prestigious
- major
- …
- lift
- pick up
- receive
- …
- cabinet
- case
- room
- …
- trophy for
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in sense (3)): from French trophée, via Latin from Greek tropaion, from tropē ‘a rout’, from trepein ‘to turn’.
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