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Nobel prize

The Nobel prize is any of the six prizes awarded worldwide for excellent achievements in literature, world peace, economics, chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine. (noun)

An example of the Nobel prize is the prize awarded to Dan Schechtman in 2011 for chemistry.

See Nobel prize in Webster's New World College Dictionary

any of the annual international prizes given by the Nobel Foundation for distinction in physics, chemistry, economics, medicine or physiology, and literature, and for promoting peace

See Nobel prize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of the six international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and economics and for the promotion of world peace.

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