festoon

«festoon» in Mova's school dictionary: a chain or string of flowers, leaves, ribbons or lights… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (festoons); verb (festoon, festoons, festooned, festooning)

meaning for a pupil

1) A festoon is a chain or string of flowers, leaves, ribbons or lights hanging in a curve between two points. tree →

2) To festoon is to decorate a place with such chains. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a garden or hall is festooned with flowers and lamps hung in curves from tree to tree

examples

• Brilliant lamps hung in festoons from tree to tree. tree →
• Birds, flowers and festoons appeared in a tangle. tree →
• The hall was festooned with paper flowers for the feast. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «festoon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.