ornamentation
ornamentation noun: decoration, adornment or embellishment.
Noun
ornamentation (countable and uncountable, plural ornamentations)
- Decoration, adornment or embellishment.
- Synonyms:
- adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament, garniture, garnish, garnishment
- The act or process of decorating etc.
- Short notes added to a composition to emphasize certain notes and to add style.
ornamentation meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
ornamentation in Urdu
- زیب و زینت
ornamentation in Bengali
- ornamentation, toilette
- প্রসাধন prośadhon
ornamentation in Malayalam
- adornment, decoration, embellishment
- അലങ്കാരം, അലങ്കരണം, മോടിപിടിപ്പിക്കൽ, വിതാനം, വിതാനിക്കൽ, തുപ്പരവ്
Examples of ornamentation in a sentence
- The griffe, however, is often used for elaborate ornamentation, being carved into vegetable or even animal form.
- Above each seat was 'an ormolu luggage rack with finely chased ornamentation and panels of brass treillage'.
- Bogomilists rejected the divinity of Jesus, the worship of images, baptism, the ornamentation of churches, etc.
Synonyms of ornamentation
Forms of ornamentation
| plural | ornamentations |
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Origin of ornamentation
From ornament + -ation.
Words formed from ornamentation
Words that rhyme with ornamentation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about ornamentation
- What does ornamentation mean?
- Ornamentation means decoration, adornment or embellishment.
- What is ornamentation in Urdu?
- Ornamentation in Urdu is زیب و زینت. See Ornamentation meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is ornamentation?
- Ornamentation is a noun.
- What is the plural of ornamentation?
- The plural of ornamentation is ornamentations.
Words near ornamentation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ornamentation (page history and authors); ornamentation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রসাধন (Bengali) (page history and authors); ornamentation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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