Definition of "medal" []

• A flat piece of metal stamped with a design or an inscription commemorating an event or a person, often given as an award. (noun)
• A piece of metal stamped with a religious device, used as an object of veneration or commemoration. (noun)
• To win a medal, as in a sports contest: "We were the first Americans to medal” ( Jill Watson). (verb-intransitive)
• To award a medal to. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But in today's world the Beeb might perhaps win the title medal for being PC:"
• "The term medal (medallia in Florence = 1/2 denier) is applied to pieces of metal, usually circular, which, though issued by a mint, are not intended as a medium of payment."
• "'You never know, Sol could be getting another title medal of his long career when they are handed out in May.'"