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ornament
[ noun awr-nuh-muhnt; verb awr-nuh-ment, -muhnt ]
noun
- an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
architectural ornaments.
Synonyms:
- a system, category, or style of such objects or features; ornamentation:
a book on Gothic ornament.
- any adornment or means of adornment.
Synonyms:
- a person or thing that adds to the credit or glory of a society, era, etc.
- the act of adorning.
Synonyms:
- the state of being adorned.
- mere outward display:
a speech more of ornament than of ideas.
- Chiefly Ecclesiastical. any accessory, adjunct, or equipment.
- Music. a tone or group of tones applied as decoration to a principal melodic tone.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with ornaments; embellish:
to ornament a musical composition.
Synonyms: , ,
- to be an ornament to:
Several famous scientists were acquired to ornament the university.
Synonyms: , ,
ornament
noun
- anything that enhances the appearance of a person or thing
- decorations collectively
she was totally without ornament
- a small decorative object
- something regarded as a source of pride or beauty
- music any of several decorations, such as the trill, mordent, etc, occurring chiefly as improvised embellishments in baroque music
verb
- to decorate with or as if with ornaments
- to serve as an ornament to
Derived Forms
- ˌǰԲˈٲپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ǰn·Գe noun
- v·ǰn·Գ verb (used with object)
- ·ǰn·Գ verb (used with object)
- p·ǰn·Գ noun
- p·ǰn·Գ verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ornament1
Example Sentences
On his coffee table sits a gleaming metallic hood ornament, a winged pointed figure that looks like a mock spaceship that Gurr hoped would grace a new Lincoln.
Disturbingly, two books were covered in his skin and part of the man's scalp, with ear included, was kept as a gruesome ornament.
It’s a slimmed-down Happiest Place on Earth, with Disney ornaments and stickers interspersed among shapes, colors and numbers.
As one of the few people allowed into the Palisades in the first days after the fire, she regularly came across garden ornaments or knickknacks that survived the flames.
She lost hundreds of ornaments, and fire swept through a couple dozen miniature Christmas villages that were boxed up for the next holiday season.
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