Synonyms:
decoration, ornament, ornamentation
Meaning: something used to beautify
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Meaning: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
Usage examples
Or any for pure ornament?"
Let me at least ornament your grave with them."
Here is the very apotheosis of the ornament; the figuration sets off the idea in dazzling relief.
Line the edge of the dish with paste, put on the cover, and ornament the pie in any of the usual modes.
All these did conquer; but the ones Who overcame most times Wear nothing commoner than snow, No ornament but palms.
The cost of clothing enough for comfort is, however, comparatively small, the amount spent for ornament is comparatively high.
Dress is not limited by physical comfort, for one of the earliest of the esthetic wants to develop is the love of personal ornament.
He wore as an ornament upon the head, a kind of turban made of the same stuff, all worked in fine gold and enriched with jewels and tufts.
"Oh, yes; I know your dress is not cheap; I didn't mean that at all: it is quite expensive enough, and some of your white dresses are beautifully worked; but I would like a little more ornament.
The room was hung round with pictures in which all the figures had large noses; and Desire grew so accustomed to regard length of nose as an ornament, that he would not for an empire have parted with an atom of his.