as in ornamental
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
picked up some cheap baubles at the fair
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Recent Examples of bauble
Keep Special Ornaments Safe If trimming the tree with your great-grandmother's baubles seems too risky with a toddler running around, try some techniques that display your treasures farther from little hands and curious pets.
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Caylin Harris, Parents, 21 Dec. 2025
Instead companies either evaded attention (like avoiding the eye of Sauron in LOTR), or openly courted favor by parading through the White House and giving the president golden baubles.
—Andrew Winston, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Try including one glittery bauble to help each cluster stand out, or mix matte and glossy baubles to give your cluster a more dimensional look.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
Originally from Lauscha, a small German town where the glass bauble is said to have been invented, in the nineteenth century, Flessa is a third-generation glassblower and the owner of Nostalgie-Christbaumschmuck, an ornament-making outfit founded by his grandfather.
—Emilia Petrarca, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
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Caylin Harris, Parents, 21 Dec. 2025
Instead companies either evaded attention (like avoiding the eye of Sauron in LOTR), or openly courted favor by parading through the White House and giving the president golden baubles.
—Andrew Winston, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Try including one glittery bauble to help each cluster stand out, or mix matte and glossy baubles to give your cluster a more dimensional look.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
Originally from Lauscha, a small German town where the glass bauble is said to have been invented, in the nineteenth century, Flessa is a third-generation glassblower and the owner of Nostalgie-Christbaumschmuck, an ornament-making outfit founded by his grandfather.
—Emilia Petrarca, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bauble
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This tree was widely planted as an ornamental for its fall color, as a nectar source for honeybees, and as a source of vegetable tallow used in cosmetics and candles.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2025
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Update ornamentals This is THE time of year to add new plants to your garden — or plant a completely new garden.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Dec. 2025
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After removing ornaments and dusting your tree, go ahead and dismantle it.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Four Freedoms Roosevelt named were not rhetorical ornaments offered as inspiration so much as a diagnosis.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Bauble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bauble. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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