decoration
/ˌdekəˈreɪʃən/ nounDefinition
ATTRACTIVE THING [C, U] › when you make something look more attractive by putting things on it or around it, or something that you use to do this: Christmas decorations She hung some pictures around the room for decoration.
PAINT [U] › when the walls or other surfaces of rooms or buildings are covered with paint or paper: This place is badly in need of decoration.
OFFICIAL RESPECT [C] › an official sign of respect such as a medal (= small, metal disc)
(Definition of decoration noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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