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Word entry · 8 letters

ornament

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"Decorative object"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aemnnortStarts with OEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1O2R3N4A5M6E7N8T

Definitions

  1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

Word origin

From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from ornāre (“to equip, adorn”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Used in a sentence

  • I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use.
  • We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
  • After this, perhaps, the next most imposing structure in Liverpool is the railway station; it is built of stone, richly ornamented with thirty-six columns of the Corinthian order.

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