Dictionary  tro•phyPronunciation: (trō'fē), [key] —n., —pl. -phies. 1. anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award. 2. anything serving as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc. 3. a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with or symbolic of victory or achievement. 4. any memento or memorial. 5. a memorial erected by certain ancient peoples, esp. the Greeks and Romans, in commemoration of a victory in war and consisting of arms or other spoils taken from the enemy and hung upon a tree, pillar, or the like. -trophya combining form used in the formation of nouns with the general senses “nourishment, feeding” (mycotrophy), “growth” (hypertrophy); also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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