finery
Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewelsOrnament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
» "But it hurts so!" said the little mermaid. "You must endure the pain for the sake of the finery!" said her grandmother.
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4 senses(countable)Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
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(countable, uncountable)Fine point; minute characteristic
(countable, uncountable)A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Fineness; beauty.
- elaborate or showy attire and accessories
Examples
1 sentences"But it hurts so!" said the little mermaid. "You must endure the pain for the sake of the finery!" said her grandmother.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: fineriesWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.