Ornamental definition

ôrnə-mĕntl
Of, relating to, or serving as an ornament or decoration.
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Something that serves as ornamentation, especially a plant grown for its beauty.
noun
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Something ornamental; specif., a plant or shrub grown for its decorative effect.
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Serving as or pertaining to an ornament; decorative.
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Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.

Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.

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An ornamental plant.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
ornamental
Plural:
ornamentals

Ornamental Sentence Examples

  • As garden plants the aconites are very ornamental, hardy perennials.

  • This is printed on an ornamental title-page.

  • Coloured and ornamental glass held among them much the same place for table services, vessels for toilet use and the like, as that held among us by porcelain.

  • It is well engraved in Richardson's Studies of Ornamental Design.

  • Many of the ornamental processes which we admire in Venetian glass were already in use in this century.

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