ornamental
pronunciation
How to pronounce ornamental in British English:
UK [ˌɔ:nəˈmentl]
How to pronounce ornamental in American English:
US [ˌɔrnəˈmentl]
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- Noun:
- any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value
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- Adjective:
- serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
Word Origin
- ornamental (adj.)
- 1640s, partly formed in English from ornament (n.) + -al (1); partly from Latin ornamentalis, from ornamentum.
Example
- 1. Manufacturers built vehicles with ornamental tailfins .
- 2. Along with chinese medicine , the horns are used for ornamental dagger handles in some middle eastern countries .
- 3. Paul wolfowitz , the neoconservative defence expert who succeeded him , replaced them with vicious-looking ornamental daggers from asia .
- 4. No matter how many superficial and ornamental techniques these films employ to suggest a specific locality and moment in time they seem to exist outside space and time .
- 5. Some designs took the functional pressure off buttons by knotting the fabric securely into position , then topping off the look with a purely ornamental button .