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adorno

adorno noun: a clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.

Noun

adorno (plural adornos)

  1. A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.
    • Willey (1949:324) suggested that this mound probably dates to late Weeden Island times, though the bird head rim adorno (Luer 1992a:54, Figure Id; Moore 1903:Figure 63) might indicate a Safety Harbor component.1999, Clarence Bloomfield Moore, Jeffrey M. Mitchem, The West and Central Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore, page 25

Forms of adorno

pluraladornos

Questions about adorno

What does adorno mean?
Adorno means a clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.
What part of speech is adorno?
Adorno is a noun.
What is the plural of adorno?
The plural of adorno is adornos.

Words near adorno in the dictionary

  1. adorning oneself with borrowed plumes
  2. adorningly
  3. adornings
  4. adornment
  5. adornments
  6. adorno
  7. Adornoan
  8. Adornoian
  9. adornos
  10. adorns
  11. adorns oneself with borrowed plumes

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