ornamentation
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Originally designed to evoke a classic Greek column, the structure's limestone, brick and terra-cotta exterior features ornamentation including lion heads, wreaths, eagles, and faces.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Even more startling for modern listeners is the bel canto-style vocal ornamentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But Yee hopes that straight talk and her distinct lack of ornamentation will count for something with California voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
Gilded fixtures, trim and ornamentation — rumored to be from Home Depot — mar the walls.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
His special distinction as a speaker was not to deliver the full- bore, self-consciously Greco-Roman ornamentation of his predecessors.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing ornamentation
Vocabulary from Readings 3, Unit 1
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Oscar de la Renta (1932-2014) Tribute List
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 2
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