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Synonyms for ornamentation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-nuh-men-tey-shuh n, ‐muh n‐
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔr nə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, ‐mən‐



Définition of ornamentation

Origin :
  • 1839, noun of action from ornament (v.).
  • noun adornment
Example sentences :
  • The ornamentation on this cross is very perfect and beautifully executed.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The ornamentation usually denotes the period when they were constructed.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The mermaids are the only portion of the ornamentation that was cast.
  • Extract from : « Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology » by Margaret Brown Klapthor
  • His boots were small and fairly new, and not over adorned with ornamentation.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • The pipe was not over large, for all its wealth of ornamentation.
  • Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray
  • Limpid: clear and transparent: applied to wings and ornamentation.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Modern ornamentation is confined to tooling, blind and gilt, and inlaying.
  • Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
  • The ornamentation is in the style of the fourteenth century.
  • Extract from : « Ely Cathedral » by Anonymous
  • Ruskin has given to ornamentation the sanction and authority of his name.
  • Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench
  • Shields appear in the ornamentation, one of them bearing the Tudor rose.
  • Extract from : « Exeter » by Sidney Heath

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