Usage of "embellishment"

португальский

decoração

каталонский

ornamentació

The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.

ornamentation

decoração

Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail.

embroidery

Синонимы

Examples for "ornamentation"

ornamentation

Examples for "ornamentation"

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... 

Something that embellishes.

decoration

The process of making or becoming more beautiful.

beautification

Использование термина embellishment на английском

Ariosto employs the same imaginative embellishment to describe the charms of Cyprus: 
 Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and / Top... 

It was going to be a difficult enough trip without that embellishment. 
 Bangkok 8 

There was a long summer of social harmony, prosperity, and cultural embellishment. 
 Last and First Men 

Thousands of graves must have been sacrificed for the embellishment of one. 
 Pagan and Christian Rome 

It was a unique, brilliant piece of work that needed no embellishment. 
 Wired 

In style of printing and embellishment like our Coverdale's Bible of 1535. 
 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France an... 

But Merick was an experienced League member and not one for embellishment. 
 The spirit rebellion: the legend of eli monpress: book 2 

It packs such a wallop of flavor that it needs little embellishment. 
 The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf... 

Video messages halfway between perfume ads and Oprah monologues offered spiritual embellishment. 
 The Irish Times 

Keelie touched her belly, so far still free of any embellishment. 
 The Secret of the Dread Forest: The Faire Folk Trilogy 

Dr. Takagishi told the rest of his story without embellishment or obvious emotion. 
 The Complete Rama Omnibus 

We will add whatever is necessary in the way of amplification and embellishment. 
 Fantastic Fables 

You need to get the basics right and, after that, it's all embellishment. 
 Independent.ie 

Here the concept of ornamentation and embellishment had been taken to outrageous heights. 
 The Neutronium Alchemist 

Along with such obviously useful labor went desirable embellishment of life. 
 A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. 

Other courtiers of Augustus followed his example for the embellishment of the city. 
 The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati... 