Ornamental
[ɔːnə'ment(ə)l] or [,ɔrnə'mɛntl]
Definition
(a.) Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Embellishing, serving for ornament, TOPIARY.
Checked by Flossie
Examples
- The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the wood and coal we burn, the marble we employ in building, the indispensable soap, and the ornamental diamond, all contain carbon in some form. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Complicated Ornamental Wood-cutting and Carving Machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Oh, I haven't neglected the useful for the ornamental, I assure you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The bridges are of a single span--a single arch--of cut stone, without a support, and paved on top with flags of lava and ornamental pebblework. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There are few hands to spare for the necessary, and none for the ornamental manufactures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such a fine woman as her, so handsome and so graceful and so elegant, is like a fresh lemon on a dinner-table, ornamental wherever she goes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And I think they were wrong in laying aside some _faces_, and particularly certain _headpieces_, that would have been both useful and ornamental. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Fresh funeral wreaths continue to this day to be hung on the ornamental bronze railings round the tomb by the Countess's own hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Just below the end of the second, going down, the stone wall on the left terminates in an ornamental pilaster facing towards the Thames. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The deposition of silver and gold on baser metals not only increases the ornamental effect, but prevents oxidation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A piano comprises five principal parts: first, the framing; second, the sounding board; third, the stringing; fourth, the key mechanism, or action, and fifth, the ornamental case. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This chafing over, the ornamental part of Mr. George's toilet is soon performed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It came out upon the landing opposite to a second more ornamental stair which came up from the front hall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She glided into a recess somewhat obscured, and leaning against an ornamental column there placed, tried to recover herself. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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