It is merely an ornament.
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Ornament
//ˈɔɹnəmənt//
Synonyms for "ornament" (262 found)
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Strong matches (78)
complicateconjoinconvolutecordoncordon bleucreditdandifydeckdeck outdecordecoration of honordevelopmentdevicedistinctiondivisiondizendoll updrapedressdress up
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elaborateelaborationelegant variationembellishembellishmentemblazonemblazonmentemblazonryembroiderembroideryencumberenricheuphuismexpositionextraextra added attractionextra dashfalderalfancyworkfestoonfig outfigurative languagefigurativenessfigurefigure of speechfiligreefillingfillipfine writingfineryfioriturafix upflatterflightfloridityfloridnessflounceflourishflowerflower arrangementflowerinessflowers of speechflowery stylefolderolfrillfringefurbishfurniture arrangementgarnishgarnishmentgarniture
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gartergildgloryglue ongold stargracegrace notegrand cordongreat honorgussy upharmonic closehitch onhonorilluminateilluminationillustrateimageimageryincidentalincidental note
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infixinterludeintermezzointroductory phraseinvolvejeweljoinjoin withlagniappeload with ornamentlong mordentlushnessluxuriancemanner of speakingmeasuremordentmotifmovementmusical phrasemusical sentencenonliteralitynonliteralnessnoveltyorderornamentationoverchargeoverlayoverloadpaddingpaintpartpassagepaste onpatternpendantperiodphrasepluspostfixpralltrillerprankprank uppreenprefixpremiumprettifyprimpprimp upprinkprink uppurple passagepurple patchesput withred ribbonredecorateredorefrainrefurbishresolutionresponseribandribbonritornellorouladerunsaddle withsectionset offset outsingle mordentslap onsmartensmarten upsomething extraspanglespruce upstanzastarstatementstrainstuffingsubjoinsuffixsuperaddsuperadditionsuperposetack ontagtag ontailpiecetitivatetooltrick outtrick uptrimtrimmingtropeturnturn of expressiontuttitutti passagetwistunite withvariationvarnishverseway of speakingwindow dressingwrinkle
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5 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- zbukurim noun (element of decoration)
Arabic
1 entries- حِلْيَة noun (element of decoration)
Armenian
2 entries- զարդ noun (element of decoration)
- զարդարել verb (to decorate)
Assamese
1 entries- গহনা noun (element of decoration)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- bəzək noun (element of decoration)
- naxış noun (element of decoration)
Bashkir
1 entries- биҙәк noun (element of decoration)
Bulgarian
3 entries- орнамент noun (element of decoration)
- украса noun (Christmas tree decoration)
- украсявам verb (to decorate)
Catalan
1 entries- ornament noun (element of decoration)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 裝飾 /装饰 noun (element of decoration)
- 裝飾品 /装饰品 noun (element of decoration)
- 裝飾音 /装饰音 noun (musical flourish)
Czech
2 entries- ornament noun (element of decoration)
- ozdoba noun (element of decoration)
Dutch
2 entries- decoreren verb (to decorate)
- versieren verb (to decorate)
Esperanto
1 entries- ornamaĵo noun (element of decoration)
Finnish
4 entries- hele noun (musical flourish)
- joulukuusen koriste noun (Christmas tree decoration)
- koriste noun (element of decoration)
- koriste-esine noun (element of decoration)
French
2 entries- ornement noun (element of decoration)
- ornement musical noun (musical flourish)
Galician
1 entries- ornamento noun (element of decoration)
German
2 entries- Verzierung noun (element of decoration)
- musikalische Verzierung noun (musical flourish)
Greek
1 entries- διακόσμηση noun (element of decoration)
Hebrew
1 entries- נוֹי noun (element of decoration)
Hindi
4 entries- अलंकार noun (element of decoration)
- आभूषण noun (element of decoration)
- जेवर noun (element of decoration)
- सजाना verb (to decorate)
Hungarian
3 entries- dísz noun (element of decoration)
- díszítés noun (element of decoration)
- karácsonyfadísz noun (Christmas tree decoration)
Ingrian
1 entries- koristus noun (element of decoration)
Irish
4 entries- maisiúchán noun (musical flourish)
- ornáid noun (element of decoration)
- ornáid noun (musical flourish)
- gréasaigh verb (to decorate)
Italian
2 entries- ornamenti noun (musical flourish)
- ornamento noun (element of decoration)
Japanese
2 entries- 装飾 noun (element of decoration)
- 装飾音 noun (musical flourish)
Korean
2 entries- 장식음 noun (musical flourish)
- 장신구 noun (element of decoration)
Latin
2 entries- ornamentum musicalis noun (musical flourish)
- ornāmentum noun (element of decoration)
Macedonian
3 entries- му́зички орнаме́нт noun (musical flourish)
- у́крас noun (element of decoration)
- украсува verb (to decorate)
Malayalam
2 entries- അലങ്കാരം noun (element of decoration)
- ആഭരണം noun (element of decoration)
Māori
4 entries- nakonako verb (to decorate)
- niko verb (to decorate)
- whakanako verb (to decorate)
- whakanakonako verb (to decorate)
Occitan
3 entries- ornament noun (element of decoration)
- ornament noun (Christmas tree decoration)
- ornament noun (musical flourish)
Odia
2 entries- ଅଳଙ୍କାର noun (element of decoration)
- ଅଳଙ୍କରଣ verb (to decorate)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- بزك noun (element of decoration)
- زینت noun (element of decoration)
- سوس noun (element of decoration)
Paicî
1 entries- näwêê noun (element of decoration)
Pashto
2 entries- کالي noun (element of decoration)
- ګاڼه noun (element of decoration)
Persian
1 entries- آذین noun (element of decoration)
Polish
4 entries- ornament noun (element of decoration)
- ornament noun (musical flourish)
- ozdoba noun (Christmas tree decoration)
- dekorować verb (to decorate)
Portuguese
4 entries- enfeite noun (element of decoration)
- ornamento noun (element of decoration)
- ornamento noun (musical flourish)
- ornato noun (element of decoration)
Romanian
4 entries- ornament noun (element of decoration)
- ornament muzical noun (musical flourish)
- adăuga verb (to add to)
- ornamenta verb (to decorate)
Russian
4 entries- музыка́льное украше́ние noun (musical flourish)
- музыка́льный орна́мент noun (musical flourish)
- орна́мент noun (element of decoration)
- украше́ние noun (element of decoration)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भूषण noun (element of decoration)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sgeadaich verb (to decorate)
- sgeadaich verb (to add to)
Spanish
2 entries- ornamento noun (element of decoration)
- ornamento musical noun (musical flourish)
Telugu
2 entries- ఆభరణము noun (element of decoration)
- భూషణము noun (element of decoration)
Tocharian B
1 entries- tsaiññe noun (element of decoration)
Ukrainian
3 entries- оздо́ба noun (element of decoration)
- орна́мент noun (element of decoration)
- прикра́са noun (element of decoration)
Yiddish
1 entries- ציר noun (element of decoration)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island.
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I haven't broken a Christmas ornament in years.
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Further elaboration or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.
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