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 wooden top is ideal for serving food or displaying decorative items, and the criss-cross pattern on the doors exudes modern farmhouse design.
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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Intentional blank spaces around art and decorative objects gives your eyes place to rest.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
The internal shelf is perfect for stashing everyday essentials while a few external shelves give you the option to display a few decorative items according to your style.
—Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025
Hundreds of unneeded hallway lockers hide behind decorative paper and student posters of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and former first lady Michelle Obama, whose father attended in the 1950s.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Intentional blank spaces around art and decorative objects gives your eyes place to rest.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
The internal shelf is perfect for stashing everyday essentials while a few external shelves give you the option to display a few decorative items according to your style.
—Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025
Hundreds of unneeded hallway lockers hide behind decorative paper and student posters of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and former first lady Michelle Obama, whose father attended in the 1950s.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorative
ornamental
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Another harder-to-find fuchsia that can stand some shade and has more ornamental, deeper green foliage is Wayne’s Silver Fuchsia (Epilobium septentrionale ‘Wayne’s Silver’).—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Luckily, several herbicides available to spray on the invading grass can be used among ornamental plants listed on the products’ labels.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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“Decorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorative. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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