[syn: ornamentation, embellishment]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ornamentation \Or`na*men*ta"tion\, n.
1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being
ornamented.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which ornaments. --C. Kingsley.
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3. The ornaments embellishing an object, collectively; as,
each room of the palace had a strikingly different
ornamentation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ornamentation
n 1: the state of being ornamented
2: something used to beautify [syn: decoration, ornament,
ornamentation]
3: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something [syn:
ornamentation, embellishment]