ornamental
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A Met Police chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear team was seen near the park's bandstand on Friday and police divers were spotted near the Round Pond ornamental lake.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Teeny-tiny chorizo and ricotta meatballs — the kind that feel almost ornamental, until you taste what they’ve done to the pan.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
For decades, these elements were treated as ornamental details.
From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025
The Wiltshire Council signed off on his plans to build an ornamental outbuilding, a three-story extension, the lake and a driveway that curves around it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
For the rest of that day Pappachi sat in the verandah and stared stonily out at the ornamental garden, ignoring the plates of food that Kochu Maria brought him.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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