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Look up: Ornament

  1. ornament
    [v] - be an ornament to
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Ornament
    A thing used or serving to adorn
    Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#

  3. Ornament
    Is a form of surface decoration; something that decorates, adorns, or embellishes. Ornamentation is the class of things that are ornamental.
    Found on http://www.virtualani.org/glossary/index

  4. Ornament
    Or'na·ment noun [ Middle English ornement , French ornement , from Latin ornamentum , from ornare to adorn.] That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. « The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.» 1 Pet. iii. 4. « Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/33

  5. Ornament
    Or'na·ment transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ornamented ; present participle & verbal noun Ornamenting .] To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city. Syn. -- See Adorn .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/33

  6. Ornament
    `Ornament` may refer to: *Decoration **Christmas ornament **Ornament (architecture) or `ornamentation` **Ornamental stone *Ornament (music) *Ornament (band) *Ornament (album) by the artist Ornament *Ornamental plant *Human ornamentation, see: **Human physical appearance **Fashion **Jewelry **Tattoos
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament

  7. Ornament
    • (n.) That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. • (v. t.) To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. ornament
    in architecture, any element added to an otherwise merely structural form, usually for purposes of decoration or embellishment. Three basic and ... [7 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/32

  9. ornament
    ornament, in architecture, decorative detail enhancing structures. Structural ornament, an integral part of the framework, includes the shaping and placement of the buttress, cornice, molding, ceiling, and roof and the capital and other elements of the column, as well as the use of building material...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A083

  10. ornament
    ornament, in music, notes added to a melodic line for the purpose of embellishment or decoration, often called graces. Ornamentation was practiced as early as the Middle Ages by the singers of plainsong, and the practice seems to have reached its height in the baroque era. Treatises were written and...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08369


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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