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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adornment |
| Synonyms: | decoration, elaboration, embellishment, trimming |
| Main Entry: | decor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | colors, furnishings of a place |
| Synonyms: | adornment, color scheme, decoration, interior design, ornamentation |
| Main Entry: | decoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification, embellishment |
| Synonyms: | adornment, beautifying, bedecking, bedizenment, designing, elaboration, enhancement, enrichment, festooning, flounce, flourish, frill, furbelow, garnish, garnishing, illumination, improvement, ornament, ornamentation, redecorating, spangle, trimming |
| Antonyms: | eyesore |
| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification; decorating |
| Synonyms: | adornment, coloring, decoration, doodad, elaboration, embroidering, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, fandangle, floridity, flowery speech, frill, froufrou, fuss*, garnish, gilding, gingerbread, hyperbole, icing on the cake, jazz, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overstatement |
| Antonyms: | disfigurement, injury, simplification, spoliation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object with design; depiction |
| Synonyms: | cast, composition, decoration, device, diagram, drawing, effigy, embellishment, emblem, illustration, image, model, mold, motif, motive, ornamentation, pattern, piece, portrait, representation, sketch, statue |
| Main Entry: | filigree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ornamental art |
| Synonyms: | fretwork, interlace, lacework, lattice, ornamentation, tracery |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curlicue, decoration |
| Synonyms: | curl, embellishment, furbelow, garnish, ornamentation, plume, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist |
| Main Entry: | garnish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embellishment, improvement |
| Synonyms: | adornment, decoration, enhancement, furbelow, gingerbread, ornament, ornamentation, tinsel, trim, trimming |
| Antonyms: | decrease, divestment, plainness |
| Main Entry: | icing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frosting |
| Synonyms: | cream, glacé, glaze, ornamentation, sugar paste, topping, trimming |
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