bead
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4.1
- noun
- /biːd/
:
moldura
- The craftsman added a decorative bead along the edge of the cabinet to enhance its appearance.
Examples
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The ornate bead around the door gave the whole room a classic look.
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A girl passed, going toward the river, with an image ornamented with beads in her hand.
Academic text (2006) -
No, please, I would keep the bead curtains.
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Even her new string of beads did not make her heart feel light today.
Fiction book (1998) -
Details of a Gujarati textile and a Nongoma bead fabric with stepped-pyramid designs.
Academic text (2003) -
She chose a beautiful bead to finish the curtain that framed the window perfectly.
Synonyms
A narrow strip of small round beads used to decorate the edge of furniture
A narrow decorative strip of small beads along furniture or building edges
A narrow rounded edge next to a small groove on wood or frames used as decoration
A small decorative edge with a narrow groove along wood or stone
A narrow decorative strip used on furniture or along window and door edges
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A narrow rounded edge next to a small groove on wood or frames used as decoration
- Specialized
A spreading fern with fronds divided into small beadlike lobes and round spore clusters
- US
A shrub from Florida and the Caribbean with white or yellow flowers and shiny black seeds
- Specialized
A North American plant with white poisonous berries that look like small balls
How Decorative
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bead comes from the old English bēd meaning 'prayer' and grew to mean any small, round thing. Craftspeople used the same name for a small rounded edge on furniture because that edge looks like a line of tiny beads.