Decoration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act, process, technique, or art of decorating.
  • n. Something used to decorate.
  • n. An emblem of honor, such as a medal or badge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
  • n. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
  • n. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
  • n. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
  • n. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of decorating or adorning with something becoming or ornamental; the art of adorning, ornamenting, or embellishing.
  • n. The conferring of a badge, as of an order, or a medal of honor; hence, the badge or medal conferred.
  • n. That which embellishes; anything which decorates or adorns; an ornament.
  • n. In music, a general term for the various melodic embellishments, as the trill, the appoggiatura, etc.
  • n. In pyrotechny, the compositions placed in port-fires, rockets, paper shells, etc., to make a brilliant display when the case is exploded.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
  • n. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
  • n. something used to beautify
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ornamentation    ornament    medal    crest    cockade    crown    epaulette    badger   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ornament    painting    architecture    costume    adornment    paint    tapestry    furnishings    ornamentation    carving