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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 which adorns.
  • 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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