ornament
part of speech
noun (an ornament, ornaments); verb (ornament, ornaments, ornamented, ornamenting)
meaning for a pupil
1) An ornament is a small object used to make a room, a shelf or a Christmas tree look nice, rather than for a practical use. tree →
2) Ornament is decoration added to something to make it beautiful, like carving on a building. tree →
3) To ornament something is to decorate it. tree →
4) (music) An ornament is extra notes added to decorate a tune. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and Christmas traditions, families hang ornaments (baubles) on the tree; grandparents have china ornaments on shelves. In art and history, buildings and furniture have ornament. In stories, a broken ornament causes trouble. Phrases: «Christmas tree ornaments», «a china ornament», «garden ornament».
examples
- We hung shiny ornaments on the Christmas tree. tree →
- The cat knocked a china ornament off the shelf. tree →
- Grandma's house is full of little ornaments. tree →
- The church door was carved with beautiful ornament. tree →
- We made paper ornaments in art class. tree →
- The garden had a stone frog as an ornament. tree →
- Blooming flowers ornament the staircases, and soft carpets the floors. tree →
note
Countable for objects (an ornament, ornaments), uncountable for decoration in general. Adjective «ornamental», «ornate» (very decorated). Spelling: or-na-ment, not «ornement».
In the corpora
- The word "coat of many colours" comes from old English Bibles; newer ones often say "richly ornamented robe".
- And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.
- And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.
- Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?
- I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ornament» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.