Definitions of embellishment [ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃ mənt]

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Definition of 'embellishment'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) embellishment
an ornament or decoration.

2. embellishment
an elaborative addition, as to a statement.

3. embellishment
the act of embellishing, or the state of being embellished.

Etymology: (1615–25)

Definition of 'embellishment'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) embellishment, embroidery
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
"the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

2. (noun) embellishment
a superfluous ornament

3. (noun) ornamentation, embellishment
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

Definition of 'embellishment'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) embellishment
the act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment

2. (noun) embellishment
that which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments

Translation of 'embellishment'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make beautiful with ornaments etc uniform embellished with gold braid.
Afrikaans: verfraaiing, opsiering	Arabic: تَزْيين، زَخْرَفَه، تَنْم	Bulgarian: украсяване
Brazilian: embelezamento	Czech: ozdoba	German: die Verschönerung, die Au
Danish: udsmykning	Greek: διακοσμητικό στοιχείο, ωρ	Spanish: adorno
Estonian: kaunistus	Farsi: تزئین؛ آب و تاب	Finnish: koristus
French: ornement	Hebrew: יִפוּי, קִישוּט	Hindi: सजावट
Croatian: uljepšanje	Hungarian: (fel)díszítés	Indonesian: hiasan
Icelandic: skraut; skreytni,ÿkjur	Italian: abbellimento, ornamento	Japanese: 飾り
Korean: 장식	Lithuanian: pagražinimas, papuošimas	Latvian: (stāstījuma) izpušķojums;
Malay: penghiasan	Dutch: verfraaiing	Norwegian: forskjønnelse, utsmykking
Polish: upiększenie	Persian: تزئین؛ آب و تاب	Pashto: سينګار، سينګارونه
Portuguese: embelezamento	Romanian: ornament	Russian: приукрашивание; украшение
Slovak: ozdoba	Slovenian: okras(itev)	Serbian: ulepšanje
Swedish: förskönande, utsmyckande	Thai: การเพิ่มการตกแต่ง	Turkish: süsleme
Taiwanese: 渲染，裝飾	Ukrainian: прикрашання	Urdu: تزئین
Vietnamese: sự thêm thắt; tô điểm	Chinese: 装饰，润色
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