festoon
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spotsAn ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
» The walls are festooned with ivy.
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Meaning
9 sensesAn ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
Feston, Girlande
гирля́ндаgirljánda
A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
Feston
фестонfeston
фесто́нfestón, гірля́ндаhirljánda
A raised cable with light globes attached.
Lichterkette
A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
- flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration
- an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
- a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
Examples
3 sentencesThe walls are festooned with ivy.
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The festoon lights were draped over the terrace space.
They are stringing flowers together for the festoons above the doorways.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French feston.Borrowed from French feston.
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Forms
plural: festoonsSynonyms
1 synonyms- flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration:festoonery