adornment (noun)
1adornment — adorn ► VERB ▪ make more attractive or beautiful; decorate. DERIVATIVES adornment noun. ORIGIN Latin adornare deck out, decorate …
2adornment — noun a) A decoration; that which adorns. The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows. b) The act of decorating …
3adornment — noun why all the adornment just for a casual dinner party? we purchased way more adornments than we could ever use Syn: decoration, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament, enhancement; beautification, prettification; frill, accessory, doodad,… …
4adornment — noun Date: 14th century 1. the action of adorning ; the state of being adorned 2. something that adorns …
5adornment — noun 1 (C) something that you use to decorate something 2 (U) the act of adorning something …
6adornment — noun 1. a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness • Derivationally related forms: ↑adorn • Hypernyms: ↑decoration, ↑ornament, ↑ornamentation • Hyponyms: ↑band, ↑ …
7adornment — UK [əˈdɔː(r)nmənt] / US [əˈdɔrnmənt] noun Word forms adornment : singular adornment plural adornments 1) [countable/uncountable] decorations, or a single decoration 2) [uncountable] the process of decorating something …
8adornment — /əˈdɔnmənt/ (say uh dawnmuhnt) noun 1. an ornament: the adornments and furnishings of a room. 2. the process of adorning: to spend hours on personal adornment …
9adornment — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of decorating] Syn. ornamentation, embellishment, gilding; see decoration 1 . 2. [A decoration] Syn. ornament, trimming, frill, accessory; see decoration 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. ornament, decoration,… …
10adornment — a|dorn|ment [ ə dɔrnmənt ] noun 1. ) count a decoration 2. ) uncount the process of decorating something …
