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1. or·na·ment

   noun

   • 1. a thing used to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine. Similar knickknack, trinket, bauble, piece of bric-a-brac, bibelot, ... moregewgaw, gimcrack, furbelow, objet, accessory, informal:whatnot, dingle-dangle, doobry, doodah, tchotchke, tsatske, dated:folderol, archaic:whim-wham, kickshaw, bijou
   • ▪ a quality or person adding grace, beauty, or honor to something: "the design would be a great ornament to the metropolis"
   • ▪ decoration added to embellish something, especially a building: "it served more for ornament than for protection" Similar decoration, adornment, embellishment, ornamentation, trimming, ... moreaccessories, frills, frippery, finery, enhancement, beautification, garnish, garnishing, garnishment, gingerbread
   • ▪ embellishments and decorations, such as trills or grace notes, added to a melody.
   • ▪ the accessories of worship, such as the altar, chalice, and sacred vessels.

   verb

   • 1. make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items: "the men and women in the Stone Age ornamented their caves"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘accessory’): from Old French ournement, from Latin ornamentum ‘equipment, ornament’, from ornare ‘adorn’. The verb dates from the early 18th century.

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3. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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   In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in decorative art are excluded from the term; most ornaments do not include human figures, and if present they are small compared to the overall scale.

4. Christmas ornament - Wikipedia

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   Christmas ornaments, baubles, globes, "Christmas bulbs", or "Christmas bubbles" are decoration items, usually to decorate Christmas trees. These decorations may be woven, blown ( glass or plastic ), molded ( ceramic or metal ), carved from wood or expanded polystyrene, or made by other techniques.

5. Ornament (music) - Wikipedia

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   In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes—typically, added notes—that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony ), but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line (or harmony), provide added interest and variety, and give the performer the opportunity to add expressiveness to a song or piece.

6. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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   The acanthus ( Ancient Greek: ἄκανθος) is one of the most common plant forms to make foliage ornament and decoration in the architectural tradition emanating from Greece and Rome.

7. Ornament - Wikipedia

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   Decoration. Ornament (art), any purely decorative element in architecture and the decorative arts. Ornamental turning. Biological ornament, a characteristic of animals that appear to serve only a decorative purpose. Bronze and brass ornamental work, decorative work that dates back to antiquity.

8. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmastide and the greater holiday season. The traditional colors of Christmas are pine green ( evergreen ), snow white, and heart red. Gold and silver are also prevalent, as are other metallic colours.