Adornment Definition

ə-dôrnmənt
adornments
noun
The act of adorning.
American Heritage
An adorning or being adorned.
Webster's New World
Something that beautifies or adorns; an ornament.
American Heritage
A decoration or ornament.
Webster's New World

A decoration; that which adorns.

The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.
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Other Word Forms of Adornment

Noun

Singular:
adornment
Plural:
adornments

Adornment Sentence Examples

  • The adornment and painting of this temple had once been very rich and varied.

  • A beautiful festive adornment that will grace any door or wall.

  • The walls of the interior were stripped of their marble panelling by Sigismondo Malatesta in 1449, for the adornment of his church at Rimini.

  • Wampum was also used for personal adornment, and belts were made by embroidering wampum upon strips of deerskin.

  • Scholarly review of the many uses for fossils, up to the present day, including adornment, magic and medicine.

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Words Starting With

AADADO

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