Dictionary Definition
ornament n : something used to beautify [syn:
decoration, ornamentation]
Verb
1 make more attractive by adding ornament,
colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself
for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify]
2 be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the
Christmas tree"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
ornament (plural ornaments)- An element of decoration.
- A Christmas tree decoration
- Music. a musical flourish that are unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line.
Related terms
- ornamental adjective
- ornamentation noun
Translations
An element of decoration
- Chinese: 装饰品 (zhangshipin)
- Finnish: koriste, koriste-esine, ornamentti
- French: ornement
- German: Verzierung (singular), Verzierungen (plural)
- Greek: διακόσμηση (singular), διακοσμήσεις (plural)
- Italian: ornamento (singular)
- Japanese: 装飾 (soushoku)
- Korean: 장신구
- Latin: ornamentum (nominative singular), ornamenti (genitive singular), ornamenta (nominative plural), ornamentorum (genitive plural)
- Portuguese: ornamento , ornato
- Russian: орнамент (singular), орнаменты (plural)
- Spanish: ornamento
- Telugu: ఆభరణం (aabharaNam), భూషణము (bhooshaNamu)
a musical flourish
- Chinese: 音乐装饰品 (yinyue zhangshipin)
- French: ornement musical (singular), ornements musicaux (plural)
- German: musikalische Verzierung (singular), musikalische Verzierungen (plural)
- Greek: μουσική διακόσμηση (singular), μουσικές διακοσμήσεις (plural)
- Italian: ornamenti (plural), ornamento musicale (singular), ornamenti musicali (plural)
- Japanese: 音楽的な装飾 (ongakuteki na soushoku)
- Korean: 음악 장신구
- Latin: ornamentum musicalis
- Russian: музыкальный орнамент (singular), музыкальные орнаменты (plural)
- Spanish: ornamento musical
Extensive Definition
Ornament may refer to:
- Decoration
- Christmas ornament
- Ornament (architecture) or "ornamentation"
- Ornamental stone
- Ornament (music)
- Ornamental plant
- Human ornamentation, see:
ornament in German: Ornament
ornament in Spanish: Ornamento
ornament in French: Ornement
ornament in Italian: Ornamento
ornament in Dutch: Versiering (muziek)
ornament in Polish: Ornament
ornament in Romanian: Ornament
(dezambiguizare)
ornament in Russian: Орнамент
ornament in Swedish: Ornament
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acciaccatura, add, adjoin, adjunct, adorn, adornment, affix, agglutinate, anacrusis, annex, append, appoggiatura, arabesque, arrangement, array, asiaticism, attach, bass passage, beauties, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, blue ribbon, bonus, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadence, cadenza, chorus, coda, color, color patterns, coloratura, colors, colors of rhetoric,
complicate, conjoin, convolute, cordon, cordon bleu, credit, dandify, deck, deck out, decor, decorate, decoration, decoration of
honor, development,
device, distinction, division, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, elaboration, elegant
variation, embellish,
embellishment,
emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroider, embroidery, encumber, enrich, euphuism, exposition, extra, extra added attraction,
extra dash, festoon, fig
out, figurative language, figurativeness, figure, figure of speech,
filigree, filling, fillip, fine writing, fioritura, fix up, flight, floridity, floridness, flourish, flower, flower arrangement,
floweriness, flowers
of speech, flowery style, folderol, frill, furbish, furniture arrangement,
garnish, garnishment, garniture, garter, gild, glory, glue on, gold star,
grace, grace note, grand
cordon, great honor, gussy up, harmonic close, hitch on, honor, illumination, image, imagery, incidental, incidental note,
infix, interlude, intermezzo, introductory
phrase, involve, join
with, lagniappe, load
with ornament, long mordent, lushness, luxuriance, manner of
speaking, measure,
mordent, movement, musical phrase,
musical sentence, nonliterality, nonliteralness, order, ornamentation, overcharge, overlay, overload, padding, paint, part, passage, paste on, period, phrase, plus, postfix, pralltriller, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, premium, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, purple passage,
purple patches, put with, red ribbon, redecorate, redo, refrain, refurbish, resolution, response, riband, ribbon, ritornello, roulade, run, saddle with, section, set off, set out,
single mordent, slap on, smarten, smarten up, something
extra, spruce up, stanza,
star, statement, strain, stuffing, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superaddition, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tailpiece, titivate, trick out, trick up,
trim, trimming, trope, turn, turn of expression, tutti, tutti passage, twist, unite with, variation, varnish, verse, way of speaking, window
dressing, wrinkle