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adornos

adornos is the plural of adorno.

Meaning of adorno

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

Questions about adornos

What is adornos the plural of?
Adornos is the plural of adorno.

Words near adornos in the dictionary

  1. adornment
  2. adornments
  3. adorno
  4. Adornoan
  5. Adornoian
  6. adornos
  7. adorns
  8. adorns oneself with borrowed plumes
  9. adorsed
  10. ados
  11. adosculation

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