Definition of "emblem" in английский

noun

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.

   • The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.

2. Something that represents a larger whole.

   • The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.

3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

5. (heraldry) A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.

   • Near-synonym: charge

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To symbolize.