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Meanings of adornment in English

Something that beautifies or adorns.

Synonyms
Examples for "decoration"
Examples for "decoration"
1
It was used to hold oil, or frankincense, or simply for decoration.
The Golem and the Jinni
2
This year South Dublin County Council is running a Christmas decoration competition.
The Irish Times
3
Just now she was interested in interior decoration and in the war.
The Tin Soldier
4
Art and decoration were pursued, though of course with a certain decadence.
At the mountains of madness
5
Plain dresses simply do not exist; everything is smothered with elaborate decoration.
The Irish Times
Usage of adornment in English
1
The Roman woman emphatically pursued the cult of beauty and personal adornment.
Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
2
The grotesqueness of such adornment found frequent ridicule in prose and verse.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
3
The untutored mind will invariably select the gaudiest colors for personal adornment.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
4
We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
5
The womanly instinct toward adornment had in her taken this childish turn.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
6
The lives of millions of workers go to the adornment of women.
Woman in Modern Society
7
They usually also brought some ornament for the adornment of the temple.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
8
Her mere ways of personal adornment were to him like pleasant talk.
Sir George Tressady — Volume I
9
The old simplicity had given way to elegance and luxury of adornment.
Albert Gallatin
10
The ear-rings are the most distinctive feature of the Kayan woman's adornment.
The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor...
11
Environment is largely responsible for the sort of adornment she will choose.
Vocational Guidance for Girls
12
The detail of its adornment is very splendid, and repays close study.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages / A Description of Mediaeval ...
13
Oatmeal or gray in one color and without a trace of adornment.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
14
Everything was massive and plain, with but slight attempt at architectural adornment.
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal
15
Though by herself alone, without adornment, Fos-te-dí-na was a vision of beauty.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
16
So that an elegant shell, with elegant adornment, must plead for them.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
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Adornment through the time
Adornment across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common