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decoration
noun
1 a vaulted ceiling with rich decoration:
ornamentation, adornment, trimming, embellishment, garnishing, gilding;
beautification, prettification;
enhancements, enrichments, frills, accessories, trimmings, finery, frippery.
2 the carriages were built with simple but attractive internal decoration:
decor, furnishing, furbishing, ornamentation;
look, colour scheme.
3 a Christmas tree decoration:
ornament, trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gimcrack, spangle, doodah, gewgaw, folderol, fandangle;
trimming, tinsel.
4 a decoration won on the field of battle:
medal, award, badge, star, ribbon, laurel, wreath, trophy, prize;
colours, insignia;
military slang fruit salad;
British, informal gong.
decoration Oxford Dictionary of English