adornment

adornment
[ə`dɔːnmənt]
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Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. . 2012.

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  • adornment — [n1] decorating, enhancing beautification, decoration, embellishment, gilding, ornamentation, trimming; concepts 162,177 Ant. plainness adornment [n2] a decoration accessory, dingbat, doodad, embellishment, fandangle*, floss*, frill, frippery,… …   New thesaurus

  • Adornment — A*dorn ment ( ment), n. [Cf. OF. adornement. See {Adorn}.] An adorning; an ornament; a decoration. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • adornment — index motif Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • adornment — (n.) late 14c., act of adorning; also a thing which adorns; from O.Fr. aornement ornament, decoration, from aorner (see ADORN (Cf. adorn)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • adornment — [ə dôrn′mənt] n. 1. an adorning or being adorned 2. a decoration or ornament …   English World dictionary

  • adornment — [[t]ədɔ͟ː(r)nmənt[/t]] adornments 1) N VAR An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful. It was a building without any adornment or decoration. 2) N UNCOUNT Adornment is the process of making something more… …   English dictionary

  • adornment — UK [əˈdɔː(r)nmənt] / US [əˈdɔrnmənt] noun Word forms adornment : singular adornment plural adornments 1) [countable/uncountable] decorations, or a single decoration 2) [uncountable] the process of decorating something …   English dictionary

  • adornment — /euh dawrn meuhnt/, n. 1. something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room. 2. ornamentation; embellishment: personal adornment. [1470 80; ADORN + MENT; r. late ME aournement < MF] * * * …   Universalium

  • adornment — noun a) A decoration; that which adorns. The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows. b) The act of decorating …   Wiktionary

  • adornment — noun why all the adornment just for a casual dinner party? we purchased way more adornments than we could ever use Syn: decoration, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament, enhancement; beautification, prettification; frill, accessory, doodad,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • adornment — a•dorn•ment [[t]əˈdɔrn mənt[/t]] n. 1) something that adds attractiveness; an ornament; accessory 2) ornamentation; embellishment: personal adornment[/ex] • Etymology: 1470–80 …   From formal English to slang


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