decoration
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1.0
- noun
- /ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən/
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decoración
- Party decorations and fancy lights all around the walls.
- interior decoration
- room decorations
- home decoration
Anyway, we are all done with the brown decoration phase and now it is time for green.
- Anyway, we are all done with the brown decoration phase and now it is time for green.
- I think I'm going to add some decoration details on the top of the snowy roof.
Examples
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I change direction: "Is that just for decoration?" I say, pointing to a walnut and glass liquor cart.
Fiction book (1999) -
Even in the bathroom, there were things put out solely for decoration, interesting in themselves.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is part of our Christmas decoration, Yes?
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Anyway, we are all done with the brown decoration phase and now it is time for green.
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Look at this decoration style!
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Spending any of that money on holiday decorations would take away from the things that matter.
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And now you put up decorations as a way of remembering her.
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I bought expensive home decorations and furniture, and I always had the latest gadgets.
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In any case, they had become mere embellishments, decorations, a little color perhaps.
Fiction book (1993) -
The festival featured vibrant flower arrangements as part of the overall decoration of the venue.
Synonyms
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5.8
Something added to make a story or thing more interesting
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4.2
Something added to make a person or thing look more attractive
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4.2
Making a place or thing look nicer
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4.9
Details added to make something look more beautiful
To make something look more attractive using paint, plants or lights
Small changes that make a room or thing look nicer
Making something look nicer without changing how it really is
Small changes you make to look neater and more attractive
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.6
The art of choosing colors, furniture, and materials for the inside of a building
- Archaic
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7.4
A United States holiday to remember soldiers who died in war that happens on the last Monday in May
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decoration as the act of making something look better comes from decorate and the root decor meaning 'beauty', so decoration is the process of adding items to make a place or object look nicer.