Meaning of ORNAMENT
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'ornumunt, [v]'ornu`ment, 'owrnumunt
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- [n] something used to beautify
- [v] make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
- [v] be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
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| | Synonyms: | | adorn, beautify, decorate, decoration, embellish, grace, ornamentation |
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| | See Also: | | adornment, alter, applique, arabesque, architectural ornament, artefact, artifact, bard, bead, beading, beadwork, bedeck, bedight, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beset, bespangle, blazon, boss, bow, braid, brass, broider, caparison, centerpiece, centrepiece, change, Christmas tree, cockade, color, colour, deck, deck, decor, design, dress, dress ship, dress up, embellishment, emblazon, embroider, enamel, encrust, encrustation, engild, festoon, figure, filet, fillet, fin, finial, flag, fledge, flight, flower arrangement, foliate, fret, fringe, gargoyle, garland, garnish, garnish, gild, glaze, graffiti, graffito, hang, hanging, hood ornament, illuminate, illustrate, incrust, incrustation, inlay, inlay, interior decoration, jewel, knob, lacquer, landscape, lunula, molding, moulding, nailhead, necklet, panel, pattern, pipe, pommel, prank, redecorate, rivet, rosemaling, scallop, set decoration, sgraffito, smock, spangle, spiral, sprig, stucco, stud, tail fin, tailfin, tart up, tinsel, tinsel, tracery, trim, vermiculate, volute, wall hanging, wreathe | |
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| | Definition: | |  Ornament
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Or"na*ment\, n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L.
ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.]
That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or
beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. --1 Pet. iii.
4.
Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with
his urns and ornaments. --Tennyson.
\Or"na*ment\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ornamented}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Ornamenting}.]
To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament
a room, or a city.
Syn: See {Adorn}.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing or hang an ornament in your dream, refers to the things in your life and the things you do to make you feel good about yourself. It is also symbolic of a spiritual gift. |
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| | Related Terms: | | acciaccatura, add, adjoin, adjunct, adorn, adornment, affix, agglutinate, anacrusis, annex, append, appoggiatura, arabesque, arrangement, array, asiaticism, attach, bass passage, beauties, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, blue ribbon, bonus, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadence, cadenza, chorus, coda, color, color patterns, coloratura, colors, colors of rhetoric, complicate, conjoin, convolute, cordon, cordon bleu, credit, dandify, deck, deck out, decor, decorate, decoration, decoration of honor, development, device, distinction, division, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, elaboration, elegant variation, embellish, embellishment, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroider, embroidery, encumber, enrich, euphuism, exposition, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, festoon, fig out, figurative language, figurativeness, figure, figure of speech, filigree, filling, fillip, fine writing, fioritura, fix up, flight, floridity, floridness, flourish, flower, flower arrangement, floweriness, flowers of speech, flowery style, folderol, frill, furbish, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, garter, gild, glory, glue on, gold star, grace, grace note, grand cordon, great honor, gussy up, harmonic close, hitch on, honor, illumination, image, imagery, incidental, incidental note, infix, interlude, intermezzo, introductory phrase, involve, join with, lagniappe, load with ornament, long mordent, lushness, luxuriance, manner of speaking, measure, mordent, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, nonliterality, nonliteralness, order, ornamentation, overcharge, overlay, overload, padding, paint, part, passage, paste on, period, phrase, plus, postfix, pralltriller, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, premium, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, purple passage, purple patches, put with, red ribbon, redecorate, redo, refrain, refurbish, resolution, response, riband, ribbon, ritornello, roulade, run, saddle with, section, set off, set out, single mordent, slap on, smarten, smarten up, something extra, spruce up, stanza, star, statement, strain, stuffing, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superaddition, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tailpiece, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, trimming, trope, turn, turn of expression, tutti, tutti passage, twist, unite with, variation, varnish, verse, way of speaking, window dressing, wrinkle |
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