ornamental
/ˌɔː.nəˈmɛn.təl/US/ˌɔɹ.nəˈmɛn.təl/
ornamental adjective: serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.
Adjective
ornamental (comparative more ornamental, superlative most ornamental)
- Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.
- Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.
- We shall leave to the reader to determine with what judgment we have chosen the several occasions for inserting those ornamental parts of our work.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV
- Synonyms:
- beautifying, embellishing, decorative
- Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.
- Those cranberry bushes are ornamental, so they're not edible.
Noun
ornamental (plural ornamentals)
- An ornamental plant.
- The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia.1991 October 10, Jackson Granholm, “In praise of the tumbleweed”, in News Chronicle, Thousand Oaks, Calif., page B-7, column 3
ornamental meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Odia
ornamental in Urdu
- مزین, زیبا
ornamental in Bengali
- আলঙ্কারিক, শোভাবর্ধক
ornamental in Malayalam
- ഭൂഷണമായ, ആഡംബരമായ, വിഭൂഷകമായ
ornamental in Odia
- ଅଳଙ୍କାରିକ
More languagesFewer languages
- ornamental in Malay
- tanaman hiasan
- ornamental in Indonesian
- ornamental
Examples of ornamental in a sentence
- Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.
- Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants.
- I saw Veronica in bed, with a very ornamental night-cap and a very embroidered coverlet."
Synonyms of ornamental
Forms of ornamental
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ornamental |
| superlative | most ornamental |
| Noun | |
| plural | ornamentals |
Origin of ornamental
From ornament + -al.
Words formed from ornamental
Questions about ornamental
- What does ornamental mean?
- Ornamental means serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.
- What is ornamental in Urdu?
- Ornamental in Urdu is مزین, زیبا. See Ornamental meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is ornamental?
- Ornamental can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ornamental?
- Ornamental is pronounced /ˌɔː.nəˈmɛn.təl/ (UK).
Words near ornamental in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ornamental (page history and authors); ornamental (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Ornamental (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ornamental (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ornamental (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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