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embellishments

embellishments is the plural of embellishment.

Meaning of embellishment

Noun

embellishment (countable and uncountable, plural embellishments)

  1. An act of embellishing.
  2. An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.
    • Reflection had given calmness to her judgment, and sobered her own opinion of Willoughby's deserts; — she wished, therefore, to declare only the simple truth, and lay open such facts as were really due to his character, without any embellishment of tenderness to lead the fancy astray.1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Section 3, Chapter 1

Questions about embellishments

What is embellishments the plural of?
Embellishments is the plural of embellishment.

Words near embellishments in the dictionary

  1. embellishes
  2. embellishing
  3. embellishingly
  4. embellishings
  5. embellishment
  6. embellishments
  7. embellisht
  8. ember
  9. ember attack
  10. ember attacks
  11. Ember day

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