Decoration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Decoration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Decoration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decoration n something used to beautify [syn: decoration, ornament, ornamentation] an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event Synonym(s): decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decoration \Dec`ora"tion\, n. [LL. decoratio: cf. F. d[82]coration.] 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. 2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. --Motley. 3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. {Decoration* Day}, a day, May 30, appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial Day. [U.S.]