adornment
A decoration; that which adorns.
Example
“The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.”
Other meanings
The act of decorating.
A kind of
- decoration
Kinds of adornment
- band
- beauty spot
- frill
- frog
- frontal
- jewelry
- pectoral
- trim
Related words
- nonadornment
- overadornment
- unadornment
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “adornment” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.