Definition of adornment in English:

adornment

noun əˈdɔːnm(ə)ntəˈdɔrnmənt

1A thing which adorns or decorates; an ornament.
the necktie is no longer a necessary male adornment
Example sentencesExamples
- These are the many jewellery makers who turn gold into beautifully crafted adornments.
- He holds up a mask of an African-American with no adornments at all on it.
- His less visible piercing, called a hasada, is also a visual adornment.
- They produce quantities of small adornments of hammered sheet gold, including spiral ear and twisted nose ornaments.
- Necklaces are worn now for a variety of reasons not the least of which personal adornment.
- The father immediately took off his necklaces, his soft fine garments and his other adornments and put on clothes that were ragged and soiled.
- The adornments are severe and simple, but beautifully moulded and always in exquisite taste.
- As the torch was applied to the base of the pyre, men in the surrounding crowd cast their adornments into the flames.
- Except the tattooing both sexes are remarkable for their almost entire absence of any marked adornment or ornament of person.
- Some of the fans claim to have had their cars keyed or received verbal abuse for having Steeler adornments on their vehicles.
- Have students create a contemporary commemorative sculpture with the accoutrements and adornments appropriate for today.
- Earrings have always been included in the category of body adornment.
- This may explain why our painter is careful to show Athena as about to bedeck Pandora with a characteristically feminine adornment, a fancy necklace.
- Cloth and feather adornments were painted bright red (with small touches of yellow) to bracket the people's nakedness, and to expose their bodies more fully.
- We find a similar adornment in Israel where a crimson thread was bound around the horns of the goat, the least valuable of the domestic animals.
- Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat.
- Around her throat a simple gold chain was her only adornment.
- I shall wager she has already observed my abandonment of an adornment generally considered requisite.
- Presenters approached the theme from several distinct positions, creating multilayered biographies of African body adornments.
- Her house truck with its zany adornments can be quickly converted to fit in with our image of a gypsy fortune teller's tent.
Synonyms
embellishment, embellishing, decorating, decoration, ornamentation, ornament, enhancement, enhancing
beautification, beatifying, prettification, prettifying, dressing up, trimming, emblazoning, elaboration, enrichment, garnishing, gilding
frills, accessories, trimmings, finishing touches
rare fallalery
1. 1.1mass noun The action of adorning something.
  precious stones have been used for the purposes of adornment for over 7,000 years
  Example sentencesExamples
  On paper, the Arc seemed like a reasonable adornment for public space in the bureaucratic eyes that authorized its creation.
  Nor was the adornment of the person altogether overlooked.
  Like all human societies, adornment was a marker of status, and in European societies, adornment often meant adornment of clothing.
  There are useful and ornamental goods suited for any kind of presentation, or for personal adornment, or household use.
  The completed building is a towering rectangular block with almost no decoration, an austere statement and bold break away from the traditional methods of architectural adornment.
  A golden age Gold jewellery is the predominant commercial outlet for gold sales and personal adornment using gold has been a feature of most societies since ancient times.
  Of course, some flowers are used for personal adornment, both the blossoms themselves and their essences in the form of perfumes.
  The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.
  Stages of entry into the cult may be marked by transformations of the body or its adornment.
  The arts, including song, dance, music, sculpture, and bodily adornment, are essential elements of Kongo "therapeutic" practices, not merely adjuncts.
  Many African peoples use beads as distinctive elements of personal clothing and adornment.
  People who need the adornments of authority to testify to their importance are soon forgotten.
  From the late 15 th century etching came into widespread use as a means of adornment, mainly on pieces of armour.
  Those women who have to go out to earn for their families cannot afford adornment.
  There is evidence that the descendants of Native Americans in prehistoric times used beads as adornment in jewelry as well as a way to trade.
  They were first made in Egypt as early as 4000 BC and were essential adornments for both the living and the dead.
  This was considered very sensuous at the time, as filth and animal feces were considered adornments, like sexy lingerie is to modern women.
  They wear ornaments of human bone, which remind us of death, impermanence and renunciation, and as adornment, they wear ashes from cremation grounds.
  Throughout history, Africans have imported glass beads and used them for adornment and elaborate beadwork.
  Laboriously, he strung them on a thread and hung them round his neck by way of adornment.

Definition of adornment in US English:

adornment

nounəˈdôrnməntəˈdɔrnmənt

1A thing which adorns or decorates; an ornament.
the necktie is no longer a necessary male adornment
Example sentencesExamples
- Have students create a contemporary commemorative sculpture with the accoutrements and adornments appropriate for today.
- Presenters approached the theme from several distinct positions, creating multilayered biographies of African body adornments.
- This may explain why our painter is careful to show Athena as about to bedeck Pandora with a characteristically feminine adornment, a fancy necklace.
- Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat.
- These are the many jewellery makers who turn gold into beautifully crafted adornments.
- I shall wager she has already observed my abandonment of an adornment generally considered requisite.
- As the torch was applied to the base of the pyre, men in the surrounding crowd cast their adornments into the flames.
- Around her throat a simple gold chain was her only adornment.
- Necklaces are worn now for a variety of reasons not the least of which personal adornment.
- He holds up a mask of an African-American with no adornments at all on it.
- Cloth and feather adornments were painted bright red (with small touches of yellow) to bracket the people's nakedness, and to expose their bodies more fully.
- Her house truck with its zany adornments can be quickly converted to fit in with our image of a gypsy fortune teller's tent.
- Some of the fans claim to have had their cars keyed or received verbal abuse for having Steeler adornments on their vehicles.
- His less visible piercing, called a hasada, is also a visual adornment.
- The father immediately took off his necklaces, his soft fine garments and his other adornments and put on clothes that were ragged and soiled.
- Earrings have always been included in the category of body adornment.
- We find a similar adornment in Israel where a crimson thread was bound around the horns of the goat, the least valuable of the domestic animals.
- Except the tattooing both sexes are remarkable for their almost entire absence of any marked adornment or ornament of person.
- The adornments are severe and simple, but beautifully moulded and always in exquisite taste.
- They produce quantities of small adornments of hammered sheet gold, including spiral ear and twisted nose ornaments.
Synonyms
embellishment, embellishing, decorating, decoration, ornamentation, ornament, enhancement, enhancing
1. 1.1 The action of adorning something.
  precious stones have been used for the purposes of adornment for over 7,000 years
  Example sentencesExamples
  The arts, including song, dance, music, sculpture, and bodily adornment, are essential elements of Kongo "therapeutic" practices, not merely adjuncts.
  Laboriously, he strung them on a thread and hung them round his neck by way of adornment.
  Those women who have to go out to earn for their families cannot afford adornment.
  People who need the adornments of authority to testify to their importance are soon forgotten.
  The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.
  Of course, some flowers are used for personal adornment, both the blossoms themselves and their essences in the form of perfumes.
  From the late 15 th century etching came into widespread use as a means of adornment, mainly on pieces of armour.
  They wear ornaments of human bone, which remind us of death, impermanence and renunciation, and as adornment, they wear ashes from cremation grounds.
  The completed building is a towering rectangular block with almost no decoration, an austere statement and bold break away from the traditional methods of architectural adornment.
  Throughout history, Africans have imported glass beads and used them for adornment and elaborate beadwork.
  A golden age Gold jewellery is the predominant commercial outlet for gold sales and personal adornment using gold has been a feature of most societies since ancient times.
  Many African peoples use beads as distinctive elements of personal clothing and adornment.
  On paper, the Arc seemed like a reasonable adornment for public space in the bureaucratic eyes that authorized its creation.
  Like all human societies, adornment was a marker of status, and in European societies, adornment often meant adornment of clothing.
  There is evidence that the descendants of Native Americans in prehistoric times used beads as adornment in jewelry as well as a way to trade.
  They were first made in Egypt as early as 4000 BC and were essential adornments for both the living and the dead.
  There are useful and ornamental goods suited for any kind of presentation, or for personal adornment, or household use.
  Stages of entry into the cult may be marked by transformations of the body or its adornment.
  This was considered very sensuous at the time, as filth and animal feces were considered adornments, like sexy lingerie is to modern women.
  Nor was the adornment of the person altogether overlooked.

单词	adornment
释义	Definition of adornment in English: adornment noun əˈdɔːnm(ə)ntəˈdɔrnmənt 1A thing which adorns or decorates; an ornament. the necktie is no longer a necessary male adornment Example sentencesExamples These are the many jewellery makers who turn gold into beautifully crafted adornments. He holds up a mask of an African-American with no adornments at all on it. His less visible piercing, called a hasada, is also a visual adornment. They produce quantities of small adornments of hammered sheet gold, including spiral ear and twisted nose ornaments. Necklaces are worn now for a variety of reasons not the least of which personal adornment. The father immediately took off his necklaces, his soft fine garments and his other adornments and put on clothes that were ragged and soiled. The adornments are severe and simple, but beautifully moulded and always in exquisite taste. As the torch was applied to the base of the pyre, men in the surrounding crowd cast their adornments into the flames. Except the tattooing both sexes are remarkable for their almost entire absence of any marked adornment or ornament of person. Some of the fans claim to have had their cars keyed or received verbal abuse for having Steeler adornments on their vehicles. Have students create a contemporary commemorative sculpture with the accoutrements and adornments appropriate for today. Earrings have always been included in the category of body adornment. This may explain why our painter is careful to show Athena as about to bedeck Pandora with a characteristically feminine adornment, a fancy necklace. Cloth and feather adornments were painted bright red (with small touches of yellow) to bracket the people's nakedness, and to expose their bodies more fully. We find a similar adornment in Israel where a crimson thread was bound around the horns of the goat, the least valuable of the domestic animals. Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat. Around her throat a simple gold chain was her only adornment. I shall wager she has already observed my abandonment of an adornment generally considered requisite. Presenters approached the theme from several distinct positions, creating multilayered biographies of African body adornments. Her house truck with its zany adornments can be quickly converted to fit in with our image of a gypsy fortune teller's tent. Synonyms embellishment, embellishing, decorating, decoration, ornamentation, ornament, enhancement, enhancing beautification, beatifying, prettification, prettifying, dressing up, trimming, emblazoning, elaboration, enrichment, garnishing, gilding frills, accessories, trimmings, finishing touches rare fallalery 1.1mass noun The action of adorning something. precious stones have been used for the purposes of adornment for over 7,000 years Example sentencesExamples On paper, the Arc seemed like a reasonable adornment for public space in the bureaucratic eyes that authorized its creation. Nor was the adornment of the person altogether overlooked. Like all human societies, adornment was a marker of status, and in European societies, adornment often meant adornment of clothing. There are useful and ornamental goods suited for any kind of presentation, or for personal adornment, or household use. The completed building is a towering rectangular block with almost no decoration, an austere statement and bold break away from the traditional methods of architectural adornment. A golden age Gold jewellery is the predominant commercial outlet for gold sales and personal adornment using gold has been a feature of most societies since ancient times. Of course, some flowers are used for personal adornment, both the blossoms themselves and their essences in the form of perfumes. The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out. Stages of entry into the cult may be marked by transformations of the body or its adornment. The arts, including song, dance, music, sculpture, and bodily adornment, are essential elements of Kongo "therapeutic" practices, not merely adjuncts. Many African peoples use beads as distinctive elements of personal clothing and adornment. People who need the adornments of authority to testify to their importance are soon forgotten. From the late 15 th century etching came into widespread use as a means of adornment, mainly on pieces of armour. Those women who have to go out to earn for their families cannot afford adornment. There is evidence that the descendants of Native Americans in prehistoric times used beads as adornment in jewelry as well as a way to trade. They were first made in Egypt as early as 4000 BC and were essential adornments for both the living and the dead. This was considered very sensuous at the time, as filth and animal feces were considered adornments, like sexy lingerie is to modern women. They wear ornaments of human bone, which remind us of death, impermanence and renunciation, and as adornment, they wear ashes from cremation grounds. Throughout history, Africans have imported glass beads and used them for adornment and elaborate beadwork. Laboriously, he strung them on a thread and hung them round his neck by way of adornment. Definition of adornment in US English: adornment nounəˈdôrnməntəˈdɔrnmənt 1A thing which adorns or decorates; an ornament. the necktie is no longer a necessary male adornment Example sentencesExamples Have students create a contemporary commemorative sculpture with the accoutrements and adornments appropriate for today. Presenters approached the theme from several distinct positions, creating multilayered biographies of African body adornments. This may explain why our painter is careful to show Athena as about to bedeck Pandora with a characteristically feminine adornment, a fancy necklace. Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat. These are the many jewellery makers who turn gold into beautifully crafted adornments. I shall wager she has already observed my abandonment of an adornment generally considered requisite. As the torch was applied to the base of the pyre, men in the surrounding crowd cast their adornments into the flames. Around her throat a simple gold chain was her only adornment. Necklaces are worn now for a variety of reasons not the least of which personal adornment. He holds up a mask of an African-American with no adornments at all on it. Cloth and feather adornments were painted bright red (with small touches of yellow) to bracket the people's nakedness, and to expose their bodies more fully. Her house truck with its zany adornments can be quickly converted to fit in with our image of a gypsy fortune teller's tent. Some of the fans claim to have had their cars keyed or received verbal abuse for having Steeler adornments on their vehicles. His less visible piercing, called a hasada, is also a visual adornment. The father immediately took off his necklaces, his soft fine garments and his other adornments and put on clothes that were ragged and soiled. Earrings have always been included in the category of body adornment. We find a similar adornment in Israel where a crimson thread was bound around the horns of the goat, the least valuable of the domestic animals. Except the tattooing both sexes are remarkable for their almost entire absence of any marked adornment or ornament of person. The adornments are severe and simple, but beautifully moulded and always in exquisite taste. They produce quantities of small adornments of hammered sheet gold, including spiral ear and twisted nose ornaments. Synonyms embellishment, embellishing, decorating, decoration, ornamentation, ornament, enhancement, enhancing 1.1 The action of adorning something. precious stones have been used for the purposes of adornment for over 7,000 years Example sentencesExamples The arts, including song, dance, music, sculpture, and bodily adornment, are essential elements of Kongo "therapeutic" practices, not merely adjuncts. Laboriously, he strung them on a thread and hung them round his neck by way of adornment. Those women who have to go out to earn for their families cannot afford adornment. People who need the adornments of authority to testify to their importance are soon forgotten. The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out. Of course, some flowers are used for personal adornment, both the blossoms themselves and their essences in the form of perfumes. From the late 15 th century etching came into widespread use as a means of adornment, mainly on pieces of armour. They wear ornaments of human bone, which remind us of death, impermanence and renunciation, and as adornment, they wear ashes from cremation grounds. The completed building is a towering rectangular block with almost no decoration, an austere statement and bold break away from the traditional methods of architectural adornment. Throughout history, Africans have imported glass beads and used them for adornment and elaborate beadwork. A golden age Gold jewellery is the predominant commercial outlet for gold sales and personal adornment using gold has been a feature of most societies since ancient times. Many African peoples use beads as distinctive elements of personal clothing and adornment. On paper, the Arc seemed like a reasonable adornment for public space in the bureaucratic eyes that authorized its creation. Like all human societies, adornment was a marker of status, and in European societies, adornment often meant adornment of clothing. There is evidence that the descendants of Native Americans in prehistoric times used beads as adornment in jewelry as well as a way to trade. They were first made in Egypt as early as 4000 BC and were essential adornments for both the living and the dead. There are useful and ornamental goods suited for any kind of presentation, or for personal adornment, or household use. Stages of entry into the cult may be marked by transformations of the body or its adornment. This was considered very sensuous at the time, as filth and animal feces were considered adornments, like sexy lingerie is to modern women. Nor was the adornment of the person altogether overlooked.
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