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ALL meanings of chevron

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  • noun chevron a badge or insignia consisting of one or more V-shaped stripes to indicate a noncommissioned rank or length of service 3
  • noun chevron an inverted V-shaped charge on a shield, one of the earliest ordinaries found in English arms 3
  • noun chevron a pattern of horizontal black and white V-shapes on a road sign indicating a sharp bend 3
  • noun chevron any V-shaped pattern or device 3
  • noun chevron an ornamental moulding having a zigzag pattern 3
  • noun chevron a heraldic device in the shape of an inverted V 3
  • noun chevron an insignia consisting of a V-shaped bar or bars, worn on the sleeve as of a military or police uniform to show rank or service 3
  • countable noun chevron A chevron is a V shape. 3
  • countable noun chevron A chevron is one of a number of V shapes worn on the sleeve by someone in the armed forces or in the police force to show their rank. 3
  • noun chevron sideways V pattern 1
  • noun chevron A line or stripe in the shape of a V or an inverted V, especially one on the sleeve of a uniform indicating rank or length of service. 1
  • noun chevron a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc., as an indication of rank, service, or the like. 1
  • noun chevron an ornament in this form, as on a molding. 1
  • noun chevron Also called chevron weave. herringbone (def 2a). 1
  • noun chevron Heraldry. an ordinary in the form of an inverted V . 1
  • noun chevron A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve. 0
  • noun chevron (heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield. 0
  • noun chevron (chiefly Britain) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles. 0
  • noun chevron A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””. 0
  • noun chevron An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol. 0
  • noun chevron (Informal) A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex. 0
  • verb chevron To form or be formed into chevrons. 0
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