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ornaments

ornaments is the plural of ornament.

ornaments is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ornament.

Meaning of ornament

Noun

ornament (countable and uncountable, plural ornaments)

  1. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
    • Dust are our frames; and, gilded dust, our pride / Looks only for a moment whole and sound; / Like that long-buried body of the king / Found lying with his urns and ornaments, / Which at a touch of light, an air of heaven, / Slipt into ashes and was found no more.1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 51
    1. (broadly) Christmas ornament: a Christmas tree decoration.
  2. A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
  3. (in plural) The articles used in church services.
  4. A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)

See all 7 meanings of ornament

Proper noun capitalized: Ornaments

Ornaments

  1. The forty-third sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Phrases with ornaments

Questions about ornaments

What does ornaments mean?
Ornaments means the forty-third sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
What is ornaments the plural of?
Ornaments is the plural of ornament.
What part of speech is ornaments?
Ornaments is a proper noun.

Words near ornaments in the dictionary

  1. ornamentists
  2. ornamentless
  3. ornamentlessness
  4. ornamentor
  5. ornamentors
  6. ornaments
  7. ornarier
  8. ornariest
  9. ornary
  10. ornate
  11. ornate aphid

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