as in decoration
something that decorates or beautifies
didn't care for Victorian houses and all of their ornamentations
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Recent Examples of ornamentation
Comparable in size to the Arc de Triomphe, the Porte Monumentale also contained surface ornamentation based on Haeckel’s exacting lifelong documentation of organisms to be found in the world’s oceans.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
The Cabinet Room of the White House has also gotten some golden ornamentation added.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The iconic theater, with its elaborate ornamentation, arcades, balconies and turrets, was built in the Spanish Baroque style.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
Around her neck, a rope of heavy onyx beads provided practical ornamentation.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornamentation
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The edifice boasts an abundance of sculpted decoration, while its grand staircase echoes Michelangelo’s design for the Laurentian Library in Florence.—
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Throughout the home, there has been an obvious attention to detail and decoration.—
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After removing ornaments and dusting your tree, go ahead and dismantle it.—
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The Four Freedoms Roosevelt named were not rhetorical ornaments offered as inspiration so much as a diagnosis.—
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Bieber’s matching barely-there thong was connected to it through a web of black strings on her stomach, showing off her abs and highlighting a pink bow adornment in the center.—
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The team also said the grave was unusual for its small circular shell beads, which served as personal adornments.—
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“Ornamentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornamentation. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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