Ornament

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  • noun. Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment.
  • noun. A person considered as a source of pride, honor, or credit.
  • noun. A note or group of notes that embellishes a melody.
  • transitive verb. To furnish with ornaments.
  • transitive verb. To be an ornament to.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any accessory, adjunct, or trapping that serves for use or for both use and adornment, or such accessories, adjuncts, or trappings collectively; hence, equipment, vesture, dress, attire, etc.
  • noun. Something added as an embellishment; that which embellishes or adorns; whatever lends or is intended to lend grace or beauty to that to which it is added or belongs, as a jewel, a rhetorical embellishment, etc.
  • noun. An honorary distinction; a decoration; a mark of honor.
  • noun. One who adds luster to one's sphere or surroundings: as, he is an ornament of his profession.
  • noun. Embellishment or adornments collectively or in the abstract; adornment; ornamentation; decoration: as, a thing suitable for either use or ornament.
  • noun. Outward appearance; mere display.
  • noun. Synonyms Embellishment, adornment. See adorn.
  • To adorn; deck; embellish: as, to ornament a building with sculpture or painting.
  • Synonyms Adorn, Ornament, Decorate, etc. See adorn.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify.
  • noun. That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An element of decoration.
  • noun. A Christmas tree decoration
  • noun. A musical flourish that are unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line.
  • verb. To decorate.
  • verb. To add to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be an ornament to
  • verb. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  • noun. something used to beautify
  • Word Usage
    "_Tooth ornament_ -- an ornament resembling a row of teeth, sometimes called dog's tooth and shark's tooth."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    deface  stripe  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bead  beauty  colors  decoration  flower  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acciaccatura  add  adjoin  adjunct  adorn