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Decoration - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Decoration : (noun)
1: something used to beautify [syn: ornament, ornamentation]
2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some
other event [syn: laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm,
ribbon]
3: the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it
more attractive)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Decoration : \Dec`o*ra"tion\, n. [LL. decoratio: cf. F.
d['e]coration.]
1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring;
ornamentation.
2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something
added by way of embellishment; ornament.
The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of
its decoration. --Motley.
3. 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.
Decoration Day, a day, May 30, appointed for decorating
with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors,
who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial
Day. [U.S.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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