decoration

[ˌdekəˈreɪʃn]

Definition:
1. Something used to beautify.
2. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
3. The act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive).

Use 'decoration' in a sentence:

1. At the Minnesota Fashion Week, Rachel looked especially beautiful in her smart jacket with a decoration of a small blue butterfly on it.
2. Decorations are hanging up everywhere in the city on Spring Festival.
3. The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an otherwise drab city.
4. For SANATA 2000, it can connect the window motor wire behind the internal and external decoration board below the instrument.
5. Paper cut has changed from decoration to a kind of art.
6. A bookstore in Kaohsiung got international attention after CNN reported on the unusual decoration in it.
7. Such products are suitable for lighting and decoration of plazas, courtyards, parks, residential district and roadside.
8. Ice sculptures are used as decorations in some cuisines, especially in Asia.
9. Weren't they just for decoration?
10. Orange trees are more than decoration; they are a symbol of good fortune and wealth.
11. The room is a mixture of black and white decorations.
12. I need one more strip of cloth to finish this decoration.
13. Tower to heaven, earth, water, three different environments on behalf of animals and plants as decoration, creative design, fun.
14. Mies's signature phrase means that less decoration, properly organized, has more impact than a lot.
15. These are now worn by both men and women for practical purposes rather than for decoration.
16. He was awarded several military decorations.
17. Please excuse the mess! We only moved in here a month ago and we're in the middle of house decoration.
18. Post-Modernist designers began to experiment with decoration and color again.
19. She picked a large bunch of flowers for table decoration.
20. If, in fact, they see traffic lights at all, they regard them as a kind of roadside decoration.
21. After hundreds of years' development, it has become a very popular way of decoration.
22. See how the house has very little exterior decoration, that's also typical of early Cape Cod houses.
23. Trading was important, as so many raw materials, the semiprecious stones for the decoration of the temples, timbers for roofs, and all metals, had to be imported.
24. These results should convince public that music classes are not a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly trouble public schools.
25. The girls are making paper-cuts for window decorations with scissors.
26. The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.
27. A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration.
28. Decorations are hanging up everywhere in the city on the spring festival.
29. You probably know what a mobile is, but the mobile I'm talking about is a delicate object of decoration hanging from the ceiling and moving gently with every breath.
30. With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on a wedding cake ．
31. It was a building without any adornment or decoration.
32. The old hand-held storm lantern has become a decoration which reminds one of old times.
33. We put up the decorations and the tree and started to feel Christmassy at last.
34. She wants to discuss the house decoration budget with him.
35. The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.
36. Art is not all about beauty or simple decoration.
37. Considered poisonous for many years in Europe, tomatoes were grown for decoration only.
38. With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on a wedding cake.
39. Festive paper decorations had been hung from the ceiling.
40. Women preferred sleek, shiny hair with little decoration.
41. With its simple decoration, the main bedroom is a peaceful haven.
42. The interior decoration of the house is a compromise between Chinese and foreign styles.
43. Interior decoration by careful coordination seems to have had its day.
44. The planting of winter and spring-flowering bulbs will supply colourful decoration at a time when most gardens are looking fairly desolate.
45. You can use embroidery stitches for further decoration.
46. This building will use marble for decoration.
47. The only wall decorations are candles and a single mirror.
48. Necktie knockers argue that a piece of fabric dangling under your chin – a trend that dates back to the 17th century – is just a pointless piece of decoration.
49. The decoration and furnishings had to be practical enough for a family home.
50. You can work miracles with very little money if you follow our home decoration tips.
51. His genius was not confined to the decoration of buildings.
52. He gave Stephanie a free hand in the decoration.
53. Geometric designs were popular wall decorations in the 14th century.