decoration, ornament, ornamentation
(noun) something used to beautify
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; “Decorate the room for the party”; “beautify yourself for the special day”
ornament
(verb) be an ornament to; “stars ornamented the Christmas tree”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ornament (countable and uncountable, plural ornaments)
An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
A Christmas tree decoration.
(music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate or "ornament" that line.
(Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
(biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)
ornament (third-person singular simple present ornaments, present participle ornamenting, simple past and past participle ornamented)
To decorate.
To add to.
• (decorate): adorn, bedeck, decorate, embellish, trim
Source: Wiktionary
Or"na*ment, n. Etym: [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.]
Definition: That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments. Tennyson.
Or"na*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ornamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Ornamenting.]
Definition: To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.
Syn.
– See Adorn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
