ornament
perhiasan
definition
verb
the men and women in the Stone Age ornamented their caves
make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.
noun
The last bed had stuffed animals on it and the desk was covered with little ornaments .
a thing used to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.
translation of 'ornament'
noun
perhiasan
example
Here designers take unbridled pleasure in old-fashioned commodities like 'ornament' and decoration without slipping decisively into reverse gear.
Spacious squares with regular boundaries were needed to facilitate the traffic and they were decorous and an 'ornament' to the entire city.
Love or hate him, he has been an 'ornament' to the game as a bowler and has added considerable flavour too.
Crenellated 'ornament' occurs from the early fourteenth century onwards, as on the silver Ramsey Abbey censer of c.1325.
135 There is a grey area between 'ornament' and decoration where one or other strives to compensate for poverty of form.
The furniture detailed in the small book is considered by connoisseurs to be the highest expression of baroque form and rococo 'ornament' .
All three show an American architecture that was still subservient to France's Beaux-Arts vocabulary of 'ornament' .
She has had a stellar career in the scientific field and if she was married to a garbage collector would be an 'ornament' to the gubernatorial office.
An integral part of the decorative scheme of the dishes was the now erased heraldic 'ornament' .
As a person, no less than as a thinker, Ramsey was an 'ornament' to Cambridge.
‘I am not coming to the government to serve as an 'ornament' or an expression of the beauty of the democracy in Israel,’ he said.
This inventive 'ornament' , resembling leaping flames and cresting waves, is entirely abstract except for a small garland of ivy slung across the top of the mirror.
He is also an 'ornament' to the game on and off the field.
If a man succeeds, a woman is the best 'ornament' and symbol of his power and honour.
In this case, Julius Caesar's stereotype of the wild Celtic warriors whose fierceness was an 'ornament' to his reputation as a general.
The artifacts Carpaccio included in his religious narratives supply his paintings with 'ornament' and often function as meaningful elements which are designed to link the scene with its west Asian setting and story.
Gothic buildings notable for their finely detailed 'ornament'
While it may be tempting to just throw everything into boxes and worry about sorting it out next year, you'll be sorry when a precious Christmas decoration or 'ornament' gets lost or broken.
The staples that hold them in place also line their edges, serving as glinting 'ornament' , while the rows of punched-out holes have a bead-like quality.
This example shown in Plate XX combines central bands of Chinese style 'ornament' with trailing neoclassical leafy vines of European origin at top and bottom.
sense of humour is an 'ornament' to character
A woman and one who ought to have been in as much as the means were assuredly in the power of her family-an 'ornament' to her sex and station.
a jewel to 'ornament' your wife's lovely throat
it served more for 'ornament' than for protection
In most cases, however, the brick, carved stone, or terra-cotta 'ornament' would survive far longer than decoration executed in wood.
But it seems like the lack of 'ornament' on the exterior isn't the architects choice so much as a necessity given the budget and its inherent focus on the art over the architecture.
Reminiscent of Gustav Klimt's 'ornament' , it points the way to the art of the 1960s.
That was it - otherwise she was an 'ornament' to him and nothing more.
To his mind, style is not decoration or 'ornament' , but a fundamental decision about how we situate ourselves and our work in relation to the world around us.
Strapwork 'ornament' , resembling cut and curled strips of leather, was all the rage when Briot was working.
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