decoration

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #13085

Meanings

1

noun
Something added to make a place or object look more attractive.

The children helped hang decorations around the room for the party.
2

noun
The act of making something look attractive.

The decoration of the hall took the whole afternoon.
3

noun
A medal or honour given for an achievement, especially in war.

He wore his military decorations with pride.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · something added to make a... ornamentation

3 noun · a medal or honour given for... medal ribbon

More adornment embellishment garnish garnishment garniture ornament

Word family

Forms decorations

Derived forms decorationaldecorationistimmunodecorationnondecorationoverdecorationredecoration

Related forms decorate

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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interior decoration
the choice and arrangement of furnishings and decorative features inside a building

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.

decoratio Latin

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Topics

Places & Geography Architecture & Buildings

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# decoration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 13085

## Meanings
1. Something added to make a place or object look more attractive.
2. The act of making something look attractive.
3. A medal or honour given for an achievement, especially in war.

## Examples
- The children helped hang decorations around the room for the party.
- The decoration of the hall took the whole afternoon.
- He wore his military decorations with pride.

## Synonyms
- adornment
- embellishment
- garnish
- garnishment
- garniture
- ornament
- ornamentation

## Derived Forms
- decorational
- decorationist
- immunodecoration
- nondecoration
- overdecoration
- redecoration

## Related Forms
- decorate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: decoratio

## Etymology
From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
decoration comes from Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion. Current senses include Something added to make a place or object look more attractive and The act of making something look attractive. English relatives and later formations include decorational, decorationist, immunodecoration, decorate.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Architecture & Buildings

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