What does "festoon" mean?

An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.

What is a synonym for "festoon"?

Common synonyms include: adorn, arc, boughpot, bouquet, boutonniere, bow.

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
2
flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration wordnet
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
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
A raised cable with light globes attached.

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a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves wordnet
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.
8
Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
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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.
10
Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
11
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
12
Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.

Verb

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
decorate with strings of flowers wordnet
3
To make festoons.
4
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
"He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots."
5
To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue. transitive