Usage of "ornamentation"

portugués

ornato

catalán

ornament

español

decoración

Something used to beautify.

decoración

portugués

decoração

catalán

ornamentació

The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.

embellishment

decoração

Synonyms

Examples for "ornament"

ornament
decoration

Examples for "ornament"

Slowly she lifted the beautiful ornament and held it in the light. 
 The Harvester 

He is not more rich in artificial ornament than in moral admonition. 
 The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 06: Nero 

His great rival however surpassed him in labors to ornament the capital. 
 The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati... 

Perhaps His Grey Grace will choose you to ornament his stony court. 
 A Dance with Dragons 

So the first idea of ornament was to copy the interlacing forms. 
 Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages / A Description of Mediaeval ... 

It was used to hold oil, or frankincense, or simply for decoration. 
 The Golem and the Jinni 

This year South Dublin County Council is running a Christmas decoration competition. 
 The Irish Times 

Just now she was interested in interior decoration and in the war. 
 The Tin Soldier 

Art and decoration were pursued, though of course with a certain decadence. 
 At the mountains of madness 

Plain dresses simply do not exist; everything is smothered with elaborate decoration. 
 The Irish Times 

Usage of ornamentation in inglés

He pointed in turn to the rude ornamentation in the shell clasp. 
 54-40 or Fight 

It's Roman in feeling and Greek in the refinement of its ornamentation. 
 The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts an... 

The buildings were higher and much more pretentious in design and ornamentation. 
 Tarzan the Untamed 

This time, Ransome thought, the ornamentation must be in honor of Edwina. 
 The Rains Came 

The ornamentation that does not cover strength is the gewgaws of babble. 
 Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr... 

Thus far the Lower Park has received the greatest amount of ornamentation. 
 Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati... 

Elise Gavard, is the very sophistication of the art of musical ornamentation. 
 Chopin : the Man and His Music 

I use the castle's. These bore no ornamentation except the Tokugawa crest. 
 Bundori 

Yet, of such as these is the ornamentation of all Japanese temples. 
 Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko... 

This cut gives us a good example of this style of ornamentation. 
 The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races 

Second, resume with inflexible determination exterior ornamentation of entire structure of Temple. 
 Messages to America / Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed ... 

There was no unnecessary ornamentation of any kind, and lighting was minimal. 
 The Runaway Asteroid 

Pure Shinto requires that a miya should be without gilding or ornamentation. 
 Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series 

Is it writing that appears on it, or is it only ornamentation? 
 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 

Between the patterns and colors and ornamentation, my head begins to hurt. 
 Altered 

The architect has laid especial stress upon the architectural ornamentation of the building. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 