Definition of adornment
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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.
Recent Examples of adornment from the Web
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And adornment is one way of doing that ... inspiring each other to be creative, to love yourself in this capacity.
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The rest required no adornment, though a drizzle of that salsa certainly didn’t detract.
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The list goes on and on, but self-care and adornment around the world makes all the jet lag and hours traveling so worth it.
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As her imagination ran wild with the possibilities of adornments, D’Souza and her husband researched sources for skulls.
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Walk that walk by not flinching at superficial adornments of any kind and embracing the human within.
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Walk that walk by not flinching at superficial adornments of any kind and embracing the human within.
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The only adornment is the floor gradually strewn with torn paper as characters rip up letters and other documents throughout the play.
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In time, these techniques were also used for items of personal adornment.
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First Known Use of adornment
15th century
ADORNMENT Defined for English Language Learners
adornment
playDefinition of adornment for English Language Learners
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: the act or process of making someone or something attractive by decorating : the act or process of adorning someone or something
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: something added to make a person or thing more attractive
ADORNMENT Defined for Kids
adornment
playDefinition of adornment for Students
: something added to make a person or thing more attractive
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