decoration

Phonetic

US /ˌdekəˈreɪʃn/UK /ˌdekəˈreɪʃn/

Translations

NOUNThe act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation., Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation., Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc., The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host, refurbishment; renovation

Variants

  • decorations: Plural

Examples

  • , Hitler's Jewish superior , he received the Iron Cross, First Class on 4 August 1918, a decoration rarely awarded to one of Hitler's

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  • in France; it introduced new styles of decoration, based on vegetal and

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  • But so is getting books and toys and games and even vanity type things and decoration etc etc are important

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  • , decoration, elaboration, and ornament:

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  • ) for his personal use, was used to decoration the beams, pillars, and on the doors on Imperial architecture

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