(trō′fē) noun plural ·phies
1. Anything taken from an enemy and displayed or treasured in proof of victory; hence, a memento of victory or success: trophies of the chase.
2. An ancient Roman memorial of victory in imitation of the Greek tropaeum, but a permanent structure, decorated with arms or beaks of ships suspended over the undecorated parts.
3. An ornamental group of objects hung together on a wall, or any collection of objects typical of some event, art, industry, or branch of knowledge.
4. A memento or memorial.
5. Archit. A group of arms and armor carved in marble or cast in bronze rising from a circular or quadrangular stepped base. [<MF trophée <L trophaeum, tropaeum <Gk. tropaion <tropē a defeat, turning <trepein turn, rout]

A (specified) kind of nutrition or nurture: hypertrophy. Corresponding adjectives end in –trophic. [Gk. trophē. See TROPHO-.]