Meaning

2 senses
  1. Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.

    Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.

    Zier-, dekorativ

    serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

  2. (usually)Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.

    Those cranberry bushes are ornamental, so they're not edible.

Examples

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  1. Hydrangeas are popular ornamental garden shrubs.

    deAls Ziersträucher im Garten sind Hortensien sehr beliebt.

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  2. Ziri uses ivies as ornamental plants.

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  3. The snowberry is a popular ornamental shrub.

    deKnallerbsen sind beliebte Ziersträucher.

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  4. Heather is a very popular ornamental plant.

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  5. Medlar trees are used as ornamental plants.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
serving to ornament:

Origin

From ornament + -al.

From ornament + -al.

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Forms

more ornamental, most ornamental
Comparativemore ornamental Lesson
Superlativemost ornamental Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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