ornament
Example Sentences
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Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.
From Barron's
Auction enthusiast Sarah had bid her way to a big collection of ornaments and trinkets which filled her three-bedroom house in Shetland.
From BBC
For Christmas, she said her daughters wrapped presents in Diet Coke-themed wrapping, underneath a tree with Diet Coke ornaments.
Despite the symmetry of these four figures, the overall composition is asymmetrical, with a single, distinctive and highly ornamented column appearing on the left side, next to Joseph.
On a Christmas tree greeting card, for example, a miniature ballerina ornament had three separate colors, including red lips.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
