Festoon

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
  2. 2
    flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration wordnet
  3. 3
    A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.

    "The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise."

  4. 4
    an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work wordnet
  5. 5
    A raised cable with light globes attached.
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  1. 6
    a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves wordnet
  2. 7
    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.
  3. 8
    Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
  4. 9
    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.
  5. 10
    Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
  6. 11
    Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
  7. 12
    Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
Verb
  1. 1
    To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.

    "The tree trunks and the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the undergrowth."

  2. 2
    decorate with strings of flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    To make festoons.
  4. 4
    To decorate or bedeck abundantly.

    "He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots."

  5. 5
    To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French feston.

Etymology 2

From French feston.

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