Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of adorning.
- noun Something that beautifies or adorns; an ornament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adorning; that which adorns; ornament.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
decoration ; that whichadorns . - noun The act of
decorating .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting
- noun a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
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Examples
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You may accept created your own handcrafted adornment or even purchased a bargain adornment broad lot online from addition country. you are appropriate go to ceramics adornment mall. you will acquisition lots of admirable ceramics adornment crafts which are for men, women, kids.
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In most Mexican homes the principal holiday adornment is el Nacimiento (Nativity scene).
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In most Mexican homes the principal holiday adornment is el Nacimiento (Nativity scene).
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The site goes on to explain that historically many African cultures consider the head to be the center of one's being and because of that everyday head adornment is an integral part of daily living.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: National Museum of African Art 2006
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The site goes on to explain that historically many African cultures consider the head to be the center of one's being and because of that everyday head adornment is an integral part of daily living.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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Our speaker today is, of course, a schoolmaster and one of his colleagues in replying to the enquiries of a fond parent as to the progress and safety of her son wrote "Dear Madam, such time as your son does not devote to self-adornment is spent in the neglect of his studies."
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The different embellishments and abstracts acclimated in adornment acquiesce you to accomplish a beauteous claimed account that others can’t advice but to yield apprehension of.
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A cameo was pinned to the center of her collar and her only other adornment was a silver wristwatch on a black leather strap.
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It was virtually barren of soldiers and was very austere in adornment.
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Of its component parts the more substantial ones are perhaps the most easily acquired; not in hit-or-miss, anything-to-get-it-done fashion, but with a view to carrying out some definite idea of table adornment, which is quite the most charming part of the home building.
The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907
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