English Explanatory Dictionary

cellotaph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.

Word forms

cellotaph cellotaphs

Etymology

Blend of cellophane + cenotaph. By surface analysis cello- + -taph.

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