adornment
/əˈdɔːnm(ə)nt/
adornment noun: a decoration; that which adorns.
Noun
adornment (countable and uncountable, plural adornments)
- A decoration; that which adorns.
- The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.
- Synonyms:
- decoration, embellishment, ornament, garniture, garnish, garnishment, ornamentation
- The act of decorating.
adornment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
adornment in Hindi
- adornment
- प्रसाधन prasādhan
- adornment, embellishment, ornament
- शृंगार śŕṅgār
adornment in Tamil
- அலங்காரம், அலங்கரிப்பு, ஒப்பனை, அணி
adornment in Urdu
- adornment, embellishment, ornament
- سنگار siṅgār
adornment in Bengali
- adornment; get-up; outfit
- সাজগোজ śajgōj
More languagesFewer languages
- adornment in Telugu
- సజ్జ sajja
- adornment in Malayalam
- അലം alaṁ
- adornment in Kannada
- ಅಂದಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಅಲಂಕರಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಶೃಂಗಾರ, ಪಸದನ
- adornment in Sanskrit
- संस्कार saṃskāra
Examples of adornment in a sentence
- Lubavitchers, Penansky says, believe mezuzahs need no adornment and simply wrap them in cellophane.
- These "taclobos" are much liked and, if available, used as flower-pots and for adornment of gardens.
- The lightning-god was a suitable adornment of the light-giving lamp, and his threatensome attitude an excellent apotrópaion.
Synonyms of adornment
Forms of adornment
| plural | adornments |
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Origin of adornment
From adorn + -ment.
Words formed from adornment
Questions about adornment
- What does adornment mean?
- Adornment means a decoration; that which adorns.
- What is adornment in Hindi?
- Adornment in Hindi is प्रसाधन (prasādhan), शृंगार (śŕṅgār). See Adornment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is adornment?
- Adornment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adornment?
- Adornment is pronounced /əˈdɔːnm(ə)nt/.
- What is the plural of adornment?
- The plural of adornment is adornments.
Words near adornment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adornment (page history and authors); प्रसाधन (Hindi) (page history and authors); adornment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سنگار (Urdu) (page history and authors); সাজগোজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); సజ్జ (Telugu) (page history and authors); അലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); adornment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); संस्कार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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