Converse of subject

• dominate: This is due to the forestation of the hillsides reducing the area of habitat dominated by the laurel.

Converse of object

• win: He could boast also of the higher honor of having been the first born American to win laurels in the British ring.

• take: When it has killed the Chameleon it takes laurel as a purge.

• gain: The regiment gained additional laurels in the action which followed.

• wear: I'll even wear these old laurel leaves that he's shaken from his head.

Adjective modifier

• cherry: They sell both the spotted laurel and the common cherry laurel.

• fresh: Turin hopes she'll win fresh laurels and - fingers crossed!

• old: I'll even wear these old laurel leaves that he's shaken from his head.

• spotted: Or try the Aucuba japonica or spotted laurel, which also has beautiful dark green leaves and scarlet berries through the winter months.

• past: Never one to rest on past laurels we have actively embraced the new technology that builds a better boat.

• evergreen: The mountain regions are covered in evergreen laurel and heathered forests as well as extensive pine woods.

Modifies a noun

• wreath: A statue of Fame, holding a laurel wreath, was added at the last moment.

• bush: Here are their marks on the left here, beside the laurel bushes!

• hedge: At a gap in the laurel hedge, we turned left into a track then along a pavement.

• leaf: He wears a metal laurel leaf headband, a modern version of the ones worn in Ancient Greece.

• crown: The laurel crown was of bay leaves, hence the word laureate.

• forest: The park is a UNESCO Heritage Area part of which is covered with a laurel forest.

Noun used with modifier

• spurge: An interesting plant that is quite widespread in the wood is spurge laurel, a species with dark flossy leaves.

• bay: This handsome evergreen bay laurel standard comes ready planted in an elegant terracotta cylinder pot.

• victory: Howard Payne and Paul Gibson shared the victory laurels at a hot and sunny Snetterton.