decoration
noun/ˌdekəˈreɪʃn/
Слово англійською: decoration
Переклад decoration українською: оздоблення
Детальний опис
- [countable, usually plural] a thing that makes something look more attractive on special occasions
- Christmas/festive decorations
- Halloween decorations hung from every corner.
- cake/table decorations
- We made our own decorations.
- Floral decorations adorned the church.
- The decorations were taken down and put away for another year.
- [uncountable, countable] a pattern, etc. that is added to something and that stops it from being plain
- the elaborate decoration on the carved wooden door
- Decoration is applied to the plates before the final firing.
- Ornate decorations embellish the statues.
- for decoration Rings are worn both for decoration and also as signs of status.
- [uncountable] the style in which something is decorated
- The decoration had a Chinese theme.
- An Oscar was given for the art direction and set decoration.
- [uncountable] (British English) the act or process of decorating something such as the inside of a house by painting it, etc.
- [countable] an award or medal that is given to somebody as an honour
- His jacket was heavy with military decorations.
- decoration for something the country's highest decoration for bravery
- a decoration for valour/gallantry
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin decoratio(n-), from the verb decorare, from decus, decor- ‘beauty, honour, or embellishment’.