adornment

noun

adorn·ment | \-mənt

Definition of adornment

1 : the action of adorning : the state of being adorned

2 : something that adorns

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Examples of adornment in a Sentence

the adornment of the walls with her paintings Her room doesn't have any unnecessary adornments. The entrance to the building has little adornment.

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On another occasion, lilac sugar flowers were rushed in from France to decorate a cake that demanded precisely such adornments. — András Szántó, Condé Nast Traveler, "Why Budapest Is Europe's Unlikely Capital of Hedonism," 29 Aug. 2018 Most of them took jewelry and other personal adornments to their graves: strands of ostrich eggshell or vibrantly colored stone beads, hippopotamus ivory rings or bangles, or headpieces made from latticed arrangements of animal teeth. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Archaeologists explore East Africa’s ancient monumental cemeteries," 21 Aug. 2018 Otherwise, adornments are minimal, allowing the music and vocals to be the stars. — Laura Collins-hughes, New York Times, "Review: Joyously Rediscovering ‘Songs for a New World’," 28 June 2018 Mills swirls chocolate icing on the body of the nail then, then dots each nail with a variety of pearl-like adornments. — Lauren Valenti, Marie Claire, "Edible Chocolate Nails Are Now a Thing—Because Not Biting Your Nails Wasn't Hard Enough Already," 6 Dec. 2016 Some also swear by the cleaner aesthetic achieved by a table set without extra adornments. — Allison Steele, Philly.com, "Why salt shakers disappeared from restaurant tables," 27 June 2018 The Matlins painstakingly selected wood, stone and other adornments. — Vivian Marino, New York Times, "A SoHo Triplex on the Market for $65 Million," 14 June 2018 One dinner companion called them boring because of the lack of adornment. — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, "3 new restaurants to try in San Diego right now: Monzù, j/wata, An's Dry Cleaning," 5 July 2018 On the runway, Abloh kept things minimal with male models and musicians skipping outsize adornments, but Rihanna’s styling added a glamorous element. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "Of Course Rihanna Is the First to Wear Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton," 21 June 2018

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