decoration

IPA: dɛkɝˈeɪʃʌn

The 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.
(biochemistry, immunology) The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host
(Hong Kong) refurbishment; renovation

Examples of "decoration" in Sentences

The decoration was excessive.
The decoration was embedded into the frame.
The word 'decoration' was almost a swear word to her.
Even the Christmas decoration is better with this administration.
Mr. Harkin's Navy record shows his only decoration is the National
Perhaps he should have kept with the term decoration and avoided this swamp completely.
Not really happy with this – the decoration is more to hide the uninteresting food than it is to embellish it.
_ Then you do not regard sculpture as a proper decorative portion of the National Gallery of Pictures -- you do not admit the term decoration?
Personally, the light decoration is untolerable and I think those who allow this project to be carried out is considered as a traitor and are untolerable.
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