Decoration Definition

dĕkə-rāshən
decorations
noun
decorations
The act of decorating.
Webster's New World
Anything used for decorating; ornament.
Webster's New World
A medal, badge, or similar token of honor.
Webster's New World

Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

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Other Word Forms of Decoration

Noun

Singular:
decoration
Plural:
decorations

Origin of Decoration

  • From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration

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Decoration Sentence Examples

  • The new decoration of the Premises contributed much to the magnificence of the spectacle.

  • It is therefore probable that most if not all of the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon was the work of pupils of Pheidias, such as Alcamenes and Agoracritus, rather than his own.

  • By this earl it was in great part rebuilt and fitted up in regard to decoration much as it now exists.

  • No traces of the decoration of the pediments and metopes have been preserved.

  • If you can survive the over decoration, the food is not to be missed.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEC

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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