ornaments

4 definitions • 5 examples

an object that is beautiful rather than useful:

a glass ornament

garden ornaments such as statues and fountains

decoration that is added to increase the beauty of something:

The building relies on clever design rather than on ornament for its impressive effect.

to add decoration to something:

She ornamented her letters with little drawings in the margin.

an object that is decorative rather than useful:

They spent decades collecting these colorful, Victorian-era ornaments.