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decoration
noun [ countable usually plural ] something pretty that you put in a place or onto something to make it look attractive, especially for special occasions:
• Half a dozen girls volunteered to put up decorations for the dance. • We're making our own Christmas decorations this year. • You could use the ribbon as a decoration.
ornament
[ countable ] a small pretty object that is used in a room or house to make it look more attractive:
• The shelves were crammed with ornaments and souvenirs. • a glass ornament
knick-knacks
[ plural ] small inexpensive objects used to decorate a room:
• The shop sold cheap knick-knacks for tourists. • She had dusted all the ornaments and knick-knacks.
garnish
[ countable ] a small amount of food that is used to make a dish look nice or add taste to it:
• Serve the fish with a garnish of lemon.
trim
[ singular, uncountable ] decoration on a car, object, or piece of clothing that goes along the length of it:
• a white skirt with black trim along the hem
frills
[ plural ] a decoration on the edge of a piece of cloth that is made of many small folds in the cloth:
• a white blouse with frills at the cuffs
embellishment
[ uncountable and countable ] formal something that is added in order to make another thing seem more attractive:
• the colourful embellishments on a medieval manuscript • His style is simple and without embellishment.
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