ornamental English

Meaning ornamental meaning

What does ornamental mean?

Definitions in simple English

ornamental Adjective

— Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.

ornamental

— noun any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value

— adjective (= cosmetic, decorative) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose cosmetic fenders on cars the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative

Synonyms ornamental synonyms

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ornamental English » English

decorative

cosmetic

unfunctional

scenic

refined

orné

ornate

luxuriant

graceful

florid

fancy

embellishing

elegant

beautiful

attractive

Examples ornamental examples

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We talked casually. about the names of statues, the shape of bushes. the ornamental lakes.

The people who built this city. they didn't go in for ornamental floors, did they?

There was so much water. so many ornamental ponds, so many canals. so many sinks and basins.

We are to have an ornamental lake.

My collection of pokers, my grendle-stretchers, my ornamental pomfreys and of course, my autographed miniature of Judas Iscariot.

And that all superstitions, ornamental relics and icons and images and.

But I'm afraid this poor man was employed for his useful rather than his ornamental qualities.

Took up a course in ornamental horticulture.

They're ornamental.

Correct. Molly is the useful one. I confine myself to the ornamental.

The faceted-cut amber headpiece surrounded by the symbolic snake suggests that it was an ornamental staff or a ritual wand.

Anything that's ornamental is discarded from his style.

The ornamental birdcage!

Armlets, pins, brooches and ornamental shields like this, the so-called Battersea Shield.

Yet I think the ornamental aspect is linked to piety.

Ornamental hollow tubes.

Now, instead of putting pincers up inside our nostrils which is ornamental, but not as helpful as one would wish why don't you help Kyle come up with some kind of idea.

Barbed wire is the ornamental rim of the country.

Take ornamental rim seriously. What is it for?

At first I thought it was ornamental, but now I suspect it serves as a safeguard...to protect against symbiotes penetrating the neck.

Useful plant or ornamental plant?

Apparently the other one was ornamental.

There's no room on this rag for the purely ornamental.

Once there was a pattern of ornamental demons that ran all along the walls.

Garlands of flowers, ornamental objects that were found in the coffin.

This ornamental ring cost me a fortune!

At the best, it was slightly ornamental.

They are strictly ornamental.

Well, I finally cornered her in the ornamental garden by the wishing well, and I felt very pleased with myself.

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If too loose, a rule is merely ornamental.