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garniture

US/ˈɡɑr.nɪ.t͡ʃər/

garniture noun: something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment.

garniture: something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment
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Noun

garniture (plural garnitures)

  1. Something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment
    • The Countess came forward to meet them, looking more beautiful than ever. But it was not now that Emily envied her beauty;—no philosopher like a girl in love, to feel, for the time being, utter indifference to all possible pomp and garniture.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 251
    • […] I fancied Cuthbert's reddening face / Beneath its garniture of curly gold, / Dear fellow, till I almost felt him fold / An arm in mine to fix me to the place / That way he used.1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XVI
  2. A matching array of plate armour and its accessories

garniture meaning in Urdu

garniture in Urdu

پیراہن, سجاوٹ

Forms of garniture

pluralgarnitures

Origin of garniture

From Middle English garnetture, from Anglo-Norman garniture, gerneiture, from Old French garneture (“accessory for a saddle”), from Old French garnir, guarnir, from Frankish *warnijan (“to prevent, deny”).

Questions about garniture

What does garniture mean?
Garniture means something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment.
What is garniture in Urdu?
Garniture in Urdu is پیراہن, سجاوٹ. See Garniture meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is garniture?
Garniture is a noun.
How do you pronounce garniture?
Garniture is pronounced /ˈɡɑr.nɪ.t͡ʃər/ (US).
What is the plural of garniture?
The plural of garniture is garnitures.

Words near garniture in the dictionary

  1. garnishors
  2. garnishry
  3. garnisht
  4. garnison
  5. garnisons
  6. garniture
  7. garnitures
  8. Garnkirk
  9. Garnlydan
  10. garnment
  11. garnments

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