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decorative arts

decorative arts noun: arts and crafts concerned with making beautiful but functional objects. Includes carpentry, metalworking and interior design.

Noun

decorative arts pl (normally plural, singular decorative art)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Arts and crafts concerned with making beautiful but functional objects. Includes carpentry, metalworking and interior design.

Forms of decorative arts

singulardecorative art

Questions about decorative arts

What does decorative arts mean?
Decorative arts means arts and crafts concerned with making beautiful but functional objects. Includes carpentry, metalworking and interior design.
What part of speech is decorative arts?
Decorative arts is a noun.

Words near decorative arts in the dictionary

  1. decorationally
  2. decorationist
  3. decorationists
  4. decorations
  5. decorative
  6. decorative arts
  7. decoratively
  8. decorativeness
  9. decoratives
  10. decorator
  11. decorator crab

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