Meanings
plural ornamentations
- countableuncountableDecoration, adornment or embellishment.
But that soaring modernist wall is adorned with elaborate gold-painted cast-iron ornamentation, including an oversized cantilevered Gothic roof cornice, ornate friezes, rounded balconies and Gothic fire escapes[…]
2021 March 19, Gary Kamiya, “One of San Francisco’s strangest buildings was a mash-up masterpiece”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2026Synonyms: adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament, garniture, garnish, garnishment
- countableuncountableThe act or process of decorating etc.
- countableuncountableentertainmentShort notes added to a composition to emphasize certain notes and to add style.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDecoration, adornment or embellishment.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian украсяване
- украсяване (ukrasjavane)the act or process of decorating
Catalan ornamentació
- ornamentacióthe act or process of decorating
French ornementation
- ornementationthe act or process of decorating
German Ausschmückung
- Ausschmückungthe act or process of decorating
Irish eagrú, gréasú
- eagrúthe act or process of decorating
- gréasúthe act or process of decorating
- maisiúthe act or process of decorating
- oirniúthe act or process of decorating
Italian ornamentazione
- ornamentazionethe act or process of decorating
Norwegian Bokmål utsmykking, ornamentikk
- utsmykkingthe act or process of decorating
- ornamentikkthe act or process of decorating
Portuguese ornamentação
- ornamentaçãothe act or process of decorating
Romanian ornamentare, ornamentație
- ornamentarethe act or process of decorating
- ornamentațiethe act or process of decorating
Spanish ornamentación
- ornamentaciónthe act or process of decorating
Turkish süsleme
- süslemethe act or process of decorating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ornamentation
Cite this entry
ornamentation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornamentation
“ornamentation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornamentation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornamentation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornamentation.
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