Explore Ornamentation through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like decoration or state. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ornamentation meaning
- Decoration, adornment or embellishment.
- The act or process of decorating etc.
- Short notes added to a composition to emphasize certain notes and to add style.
Synonyms of Ornamentation
Using Ornamentation
- The main meaning on this page is: Decoration, adornment or embellishment. | The act or process of decorating etc. | Short notes added to a composition to emphasize certain notes and to add style.
- Useful related words include: decoration, state, ornament, artifact.
- In the example corpus, ornamentation often appears in combinations such as: ornamentation in, ornamentation and, as ornamentation.
Context around Ornamentation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ornamentation
- In this selection, "ornamentation" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, surface, further, carrot, designs, fish and lonely stand out and add context to how "ornamentation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acted as ornamentation rather than and and exterior ornamentation for original. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ornamentation" sits close to words such as accede, adhesion and adjudicate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ornamentation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Heavy ornamentation and inherited styles were discarded. (7 words)
There was little in the way of further ornamentation. (9 words)
Against modern, armor-piercing munitions, it is little more than ornamentation. (11 words)
A wide variety of man-made bodies of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens designed for aesthetic ornamentation, fish ponds designed for commercial fish breeding, and solar ponds designed to store thermal energy. (35 words)
It endeavors to stimulate in workmen an appreciation of the dignity and value of good design; to counteract the popular impatience of Law and Form, and the desire for over-ornamentation and specious originality. (34 words)
This customer found the creation excellent and beautifully presented, with all ingredients sliced in small, even, pleasing-to-eat pieces with some artistic carrot ornamentation designs arranged on top. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Structured with embroidery as surface ornamentation, the lovely pastel and green drape was adorned with delicate patterns and floral motifs.
Against modern, armor-piercing munitions, it is little more than ornamentation.
There was little in the way of further ornamentation.
This customer found the creation excellent and beautifully presented, with all ingredients sliced in small, even, pleasing-to-eat pieces with some artistic carrot ornamentation designs arranged on top.
Henry’s court is a little world of terror, more Orwellian than antique for all of Mantel’s splendid period ornamentation.
IAC Group is a leading global supplier of innovative and sustainable instrument panels, consoles, door panels, overhead systems, bumper fascias and exterior ornamentation for original equipment manufacturers.
Jones’s writing resists self-conscious ornamentation in favor of casual, knowing vernacular, and her structure is unconventional but tightly controlled.
The Americans tended to over-adorn their cars, with too much chrome and trim and grille patterns and hubcaps that were too fussy, too much slapped-on ornamentation.
Architectural sculpture The Romanesque period produced a profusion of sculptural ornamentation.
A wide variety of man-made bodies of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens designed for aesthetic ornamentation, fish ponds designed for commercial fish breeding, and solar ponds designed to store thermal energy.
Banded tubes, as well as tubes with pitted ornamentation on their walls, were lignified citation and, when they form single celled conduits, are considered to be tracheids.
Environmental protection is also a priority, several programmes were implemented: "National Forestation and Ornamentation", "Lonely Tree", "Green Surveillance", "Fire Plan", "Ecuador Forest" and "Arenillas Military Reserve".
Fins are also used to increase surface areas for heat transfer purposes, or simply as ornamentation.
Grace notes were common in the Baroque and Classical periods, but they acted as ornamentation rather than as part of the harmonic structure.
Heavy ornamentation and inherited styles were discarded.
Heraldic use Like many weapons from feudal times, maces have been used in heraldic blazons as either a charge on a shield or other item, or as external ornamentation.
His sterile house was completely redecorated by the staff, who had more or less moved in, with an array of surreal ornamentation.
In addition, metal offered the ability to present a more military appearance, as well as the opportunity to display increased ornamentation.
It can also be noted that this temple lacks any painted or sculptured ornamentation, altar, and deity dedication.
It endeavors to stimulate in workmen an appreciation of the dignity and value of good design; to counteract the popular impatience of Law and Form, and the desire for over-ornamentation and specious originality.
Common combinations with ornamentation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ornamentation in 4×
- ornamentation and 4×
- as ornamentation 3×
- the ornamentation 3×
- ornamentation of 3×
- ornamentation on 2×
- ornamentation than 2×
- for ornamentation 2×