English-Thai Dictionary

decoration

N การ ตกแต่ง  การประดับประดา  kan-tok-taeng

 

decoration

N เครื่องตกแต่ง  เครื่องประดับ  adornment embellishment garnish ornament ornamentation krueang-tok-taeng

 

decoration

N เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์  เครื่องยศ  เครื่องหมาย เกียรติยศ  award badge emblem medallion laurel wreath ribbon krueang-rad-cha-ie-sa-ri-ya-pon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECORATION

n. 1. Ornament; embellishment; any thing added which renders more agreeable to the eye or to the intellectual view.
2. In architecture, any thing which adorns and enriches an edifice, as vases, paintings, figures, festoons, etc.
3. In theaters, the scenes, which are changed as occasion requires.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECORATION

Dec `o *ra "tion, n. Etym: [LL. decoratio: cf. F. décoration.]

 

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 3 , 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.]

 

DECORATION DAY

DECORATION DAY Decoration Day.

 

Defn: = Memorial Day. [U. S.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

decoration

dec o ra tion |ˌdekəˈrāSHən ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən | ▶noun 1 the process or art of decorating or adorning something: the lavish decoration of cloth with gilt. • ornamentation: pearwood inlaid with floral decoration of stained woods. • a thing that serves as an ornament: Christmas tree decorations. • paint or wallpaper applied when decorating a room: an authority on English furniture and decoration. 2 a medal or award conferred as an honor.

 

Decoration Day

Dec o ra tion Day ▶noun another term for Memorial Day.

 

Oxford Dictionary

decoration

dec ¦or |ation |dɛkəˈreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the process or art of decorating something: the lavish decoration of cloth with gilt | interior decoration. • ornamentation: inside there was little decoration. • chiefly Brit. paint or wallpaper applied when decorating a room: an authority on English furniture and decoration. • [ count noun ] a thing that serves as an ornament: Christmas tree decorations. 2 a medal or award conferred as an honour. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin decoratio (n- ), from the verb decorare (see decorate ).

 

Decoration Day

Decoration Day ▶noun US another term for Memorial Day.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

decoration

decoration noun 1 a ceiling with rich decoration: ornamentation, adornment, trimming, embellishment, garnishing, gilding; beautification, prettification; enhancements, enrichments, frills, accessories, trimmings, finery, frippery. 2 internal decoration. See decor. 3 a Christmas tree decoration: ornament, bauble, trinket, knickknack, spangle; trimming, tinsel. 4 a decoration won on the battlefield: medal, award, star, ribbon; laurel, trophy, prize.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

decoration

decoration noun 1 a vaulted ceiling with rich decoration: ornamentation, adornment, trimming, embellishment, garnishing, gilding; beautification, prettification; enhancements, enrichments, frills, accessories, trimmings, finery, frippery. 2 the carriages were built with simple but attractive internal decoration. See decor. 3 a Christmas tree decoration: ornament, trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gimcrack, spangle, doodah, gewgaw, folderol, fandangle; trimming, tinsel. 4 a decoration won on the field of battle: medal, award, badge, star, ribbon, laurel, wreath, trophy, prize; colours, insignia; military slang fruit salad; Brit. informal gong.

 

French Dictionary

décoration

décoration n. f. nom féminin 1 Ornement. : Des décorations de Noël. 2 Art d ’aménager un intérieur. : La décoration d ’un appartement. SYNONYME aménagement . 3 Signe porté par le titulaire d ’un ordre, d ’une distinction honorifique. : Il a reçu plusieurs décorations.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

decoration

dec o ra tion /dèkəréɪʃ (ə )n /→decorate 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 〖通例 ～s 〗飾り , 装飾品 ; (祭りなどの )飾り付け, デコレーション ▸ Christmas decorations クリスマスの飾り付け 2 U 装飾 ; 飾り付ける [付けられる ]こと ▸ interior decoration 室内装飾 ▸ for decoration 装飾として 3 U ｟英 ｠(部屋などに )ペンキを塗ること ; 壁紙を張ること .4 C «…に対する » 勲章 , メダル «for » .D -́ D à y ｟米 ｠＝Memorial Day .