decoration in English dictionary

  • decoration

    Meanings and definitions of "decoration"

    • The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
    • That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
    • 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.
    • noun
      The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
    • noun
      That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      (biochemistry, immunology)
      The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host
    • act of adorning
    • that which adorns
    • any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
    • Something that embellishes.
    • A government badge of honour which is awarded for extraordinary achievements to a person or a group.
    • polish up (writing)
    • Something that beautifies or adorns.
    • noun
      an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
    • noun
      something used to beautify
    • noun
      the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

    Synonyms of "decoration" in English dictionary

    medal, honour, laurel wreath are the top synonyms of "decoration" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of decoration

    • decoration ( plural  decorations)
    • lm  liczba mnoga decorations
    • decoration (plural decorations)

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