ornament

1. 1.

   something used to beautify

   Synonymsdecorationornamentation

   Broaderartifact

   Narroweradornmentarabesquearchitectural ornamentbeadingbowbrasscenterpieceChristmas treecockadedesign

Other forms of ornament

plural

ornaments·

past tense

ornamented·

present participle

ornamenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ornament

What does ornament mean?

ornament means "make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ornament?

ornament has 3 syllables: or-na-ment. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹnəmənt/.

What is another word for ornament?

Close synonyms include decorate, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ornament a common word?

ornament is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.