embellishment[noun]Synonyms: decoration, adornment, elaboration, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, ornament, ornamentation
Related Words: floridity,
ostentation
English Thesaurus: cut, snip, slit, slash, saw, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
cut to divide something into two or more pieces, especially using a knife or
scissors:
Do you want me to cut the cake? He cut off the lower branches.snip to quickly cut something, especially using
scissors:
I snipped the label off. The hairdresser snipped away at her hair.slit to make a long narrow cut through something, especially using a knife:
He slit the envelope open with a penknife. She slit through the plastic covering.slash to cut something quickly and violently with a knife, making a long thin cut:
Someone had slashed the tyres on his car. He tried to slash his wrists.saw to cut wood, using a
saw (=a tool with a row of sharp points):
Saw the wood to the correct length.chop to cut wood, vegetables, or meat into pieces:
Bill was outside chopping up firewood with an axe. They chopped down the old tree. finely chopped onionslice to cut bread, meat, or vegetables into thin pieces:
I’ll slice the cucumber. Slice the bread thinly.dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces:
First dice the apple into cubes.grate to cut cheese or a hard vegetable by rubbing it against a special tool:
Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the vegetables.peel to cut the outside part off something such as a potato or apple:
I peeled the potatoes and put them in a saucepan.carve to cut thin pieces from a large piece of meat:
Uncle Ray carved the turkey.mow to cut the grass in a garden, park etc:
A gardener was mowing the lawn.trim (
also clip) to cut a small amount off something, especially to make it look neater:
He was trimming his beard. Trim the excess fat off the meat.decoration noun [countable usually plural] something pretty that you put in a place or onto something to make it look attractive, especially for special occasions:
Half a dozen girls volunteered to put up decorations for the dance. We're making our own Christmas decorations this year. You could use the ribbon as a decoration.ornament [countable] a small pretty object that is used in a room or house to make it look more attractive:
The shelves were crammed with ornaments and souvenirs. a glass ornamentknick-knacks [plural] small inexpensive objects used to decorate a room:
The shop sold cheap knick-knacks for tourists. She had dusted all the ornaments and knick-knacks.garnish [countable] a small amount of food that is used to make a dish look nice or add taste to it:
Serve the fish with a garnish of lemon.frills [plural] a decoration on the edge of a piece of cloth that is made of many small folds in the cloth:
a white blouse with frills at the cuffsembellishment [uncountable and countable] formal something that is added in order to make another thing seem more attractive:
the colourful embellishments on a medieval manuscript His style is simple and without embellishment. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲