Ornament

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ornament \or"na*ment\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ornamented}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Ornamenting}.]
     To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament
     a room, or a city.
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     Syn: See {Adorn}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ornament \or"na*ment\, n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L.
     ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.]
     That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or
     beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
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           The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. --1 Pet. iii.
                                                    4.
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           Like that long-buried body of the king
           Found lying with his urns and ornaments. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ornament
       n : something used to beautify [syn: {decoration}, {ornamentation}]
       v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
            "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself
            for the special day" [syn: {decorate}, {adorn}, {grace},
             {embellish}, {beautify}]
       2: be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  222 Moby Thesaurus words for "ornament":
     acciaccatura, add, adjoin, adjunct, adorn, adornment, affix,
     agglutinate, anacrusis, annex, append, appoggiatura, arabesque,
     arrangement, array, asiaticism, attach, bass passage, beauties,
     beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, blue ribbon, bonus, bourdon,
     bridge, burden, cadence, cadenza, chorus, coda, color,
     color patterns, coloratura, colors, colors of rhetoric, complicate,
     conjoin, convolute, cordon, cordon bleu, credit, dandify, deck,
     deck out, decor, decorate, decoration, decoration of honor,
     development, device, distinction, division, dizen, doll up, dress,
     dress up, elaborate, elaboration, elegant variation, embellish,
     embellishment, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroider,
     embroidery, encumber, enrich, euphuism, exposition, extra,
     extra added attraction, extra dash, festoon, fig out,
     figurative language, figurativeness, figure, figure of speech,
     filigree, filling, fillip, fine writing, fioritura, fix up, flight,
     floridity, floridness, flourish, flower, flower arrangement,
     floweriness, flowers of speech, flowery style, folderol, frill,
     furbish, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture,
     garter, gild, glory, glue on, gold star, grace, grace note,
     grand cordon, great honor, gussy up, harmonic close, hitch on,
     honor, illumination, image, imagery, incidental, incidental note,
     infix, interlude, intermezzo, introductory phrase, involve,
     join with, lagniappe, load with ornament, long mordent, lushness,
     luxuriance, manner of speaking, measure, mordent, movement,
     musical phrase, musical sentence, nonliterality, nonliteralness,
     order, ornamentation, overcharge, overlay, overload, padding,
     paint, part, passage, paste on, period, phrase, plus, postfix,
     pralltriller, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, premium, prettify,
     primp, primp up, prink, prink up, purple passage, purple patches,
     put with, red ribbon, redecorate, redo, refrain, refurbish,
     resolution, response, riband, ribbon, ritornello, roulade, run,
     saddle with, section, set off, set out, single mordent, slap on,
     smarten, smarten up, something extra, spruce up, stanza, star,
     statement, strain, stuffing, subjoin, suffix, superadd,
     superaddition, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tailpiece,
     titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, trimming, trope, turn,
     turn of expression, tutti, tutti passage, twist, unite with,
     variation, varnish, verse, way of speaking, window dressing,
     wrinkle
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ORNAMENT. An embellishment. In questions arising as to which of two things 
  is to be considered as principal or accessory, it is the rule, that an 
  ornament shall be considered as an accessory. Vide Accessory; Principal.