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# ornament

«ornament» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small object used to make a room, a shelf or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#m1)

2) Ornament is decoration added to something to make it beautiful, like carving on a building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#m2)

3) To ornament something is to decorate it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#m3)

4) (music) An ornament is extra notes added to decorate a tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#x1)
- The cat knocked a china ornament off the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#x2)
- Grandma's house is full of little ornaments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#x3)
- The church door was carved with beautiful ornament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#x4)
- We made paper ornaments in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#x5)
- The garden had a stone frog as an ornament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#x6)
- Blooming flowers ornament the staircases, and soft carpets the floors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/#x7)

### 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".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/19/)
- [And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.984/)
- [And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.986/)
- [Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.59/)
- [I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.322/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ornament» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ornament/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.