Decorative

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  • adjective. Serving to decorate or embellish; ornamental.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to decoration; concerned with decoration: as, decorative art.
  • Of an ornamental nature; decorating; embellishing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.
  • adjective. fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.
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  • adjective. That serves to decorate
  • noun. A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
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  • adjective. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
  • Word Usage
    "The architects and the artists who are associated with them in the work of supplying us with what we call decorative arts of all sorts, form the only class of the community to whom the rest of the community can look to for advancement in this direction."
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