adornment

adorn | American Dictionary

adorn
verb[ T ]
us/əˈdɔrn/
to make something more attractive by putting something on it:
The bride’s hair was adorned with fresh flowers.

adornment

noun[ C/U ]us/əˈdɔrn·mənt/
[ C ]Her only adornment was a ruby necklace.

Examples of adorn

adorn
Both, however, were originally contracted for dates preceding those of the festivities they eventually adorned.
She sits alone at her dressing table, adorning her hair with roses in anticipation of her lover's arrival.
Whether the story is of his own invention or borrowed from others, he adorns and polishes it with various embellishments as it pleases him.
Let us now formally provide a way of "collecting" all the adorned predicates generated by the rewriting of queries.
Godlings may linger in flowers to possess women who pluck the blossoms to adorn their hair, requiring rites of exorcism to void them.
Military trophies, rustic altars, funeral pyres, festively illuminated and decorated boats, and live horses adorn the stage.
All three were less adorned than the first, with only some bone and shell cylindrical beads around the neck area of each.
The hand holds a staff apparently adorned at the tip with a bead.
These are the only ballets adorned by music examples, though the book is richly illustrated with photos and stills, some previously unknown.
This is a book in which playfulness and wit interlock with, rather than adorn or relieve, probing analysis and humane seriousness.
Only their forged images adorn our historical gallery : they have not yet been - and may never be - exposed as fakes.
He also adorned the tombs of his predecessors with verses.
Many are the names of the businesses that use the vehicles they adorn.
Worshippers likewise adorn themselves with strings of these pearls during the days of the rites, adding a special lustre to the crowd.
This is evident from the religious bills and posters which adorn strategic locations on both campuses.
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