Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Decoration, adornment or embellishment.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of decorating etc.

    Ausschmückung

  3. (countable, uncountable)Short notes added to a composition to emphasize certain notes and to add style.

More definitions
  • the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
  • the state of being ornamented
  • something used to beautify

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Proverbs are an ornamentation of speech.

    ruПословицы — украшение речи. — Olya

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  2. He is singing with a lot of ornamentation.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
the act or process of decorating:

Forms

plural: ornamentations
Singularornamentation
Pluralornamentations

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
adornmentC2decorationB2ornamentB2embellishmentgarnituregarnishgarnishment
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
RelatedornamentB2ornamentalC1microornamentation
Derivedornamentational

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ornamentB2ornamentalC1ornamentallyornateC2orphanA2

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