as in ornamental
serving to add beauty
a necklace of decorative flowers was planted along the path to the cottage
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Recent Examples of decorative
The couple rebuilt the home’s four decorative gables.
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Scroll on to explore decorative door mats, colorful garlands, festive lanterns, and other favorite fall finds available at Wayfair.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Local produce flavors seasonal beers, and even the decorative bouquets were grown on-site.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
My eyes looked up at a clock tower from the 15th century before tracing the intricate facades of the ancient churches and buildings with their iron balconies, decorative corbels and archways.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Scroll on to explore decorative door mats, colorful garlands, festive lanterns, and other favorite fall finds available at Wayfair.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Local produce flavors seasonal beers, and even the decorative bouquets were grown on-site.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
My eyes looked up at a clock tower from the 15th century before tracing the intricate facades of the ancient churches and buildings with their iron balconies, decorative corbels and archways.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorative
ornamental
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Add ornamental onions to flower beds and edible onions near tomatoes to keep squirrels away.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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Four Petal Flowers Ornamental Textile At the time of restoration, there were no records describing the production process for the ornamental textiles with their pattern of four petal flowers.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Decorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorative. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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