garniture
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.gar·ni·ture
noun \ˈgär-ni-chər, -nə-ˌchu̇r\Definition of GARNITURE
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: a set of decorative objects (as vases, urns, or clocks)
Examples of GARNITURE
- <she prefers a spare style of interior decoration and doesn't go in for a lot of garnitures>
Origin of GARNITURE
Middle French, equipment, alteration of Old French garnesture, from garnir
First Known Use: 1558
Related to GARNITURE
- Synonyms
- adornment, beautifier, caparison, doodad, embellisher, embellishment, frill, garnish, garnishment, decoration, ornament, ornamentation, setoff, trim
Rhymes with GARNITURE
amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, geniture, green-manure, haute couture, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sepulture, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur
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