TOP

Definition of ornament verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ornament

verb
 
/ˈɔːnəment/
 
/ˈɔːrnəment/
[usually passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ornament
 
/ˈɔːnəment/
 
/ˈɔːrnəment/
he / she / it ornaments
 
/ˈɔːnəments/
 
/ˈɔːrnəments/
past simple ornamented
 
/ˈɔːnəmentɪd/
 
/ˈɔːrnəmentɪd/
past participle ornamented
 
/ˈɔːnəmentɪd/
 
/ˈɔːrnəmentɪd/
-ing form ornamenting
 
/ˈɔːnəmentɪŋ/
 
/ˈɔːrnəmentɪŋ/
jump to other results
  1. ornament something to add decoration to something synonym decorate
    • a room richly ornamented with carving
    Topics Houses and homesc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘accessory’): from Old French ournement, from Latin ornamentum ‘equipment, ornament’, from ornare ‘adorn’. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.
See ornament in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Other results

All matches
trait
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
B2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day