Embellishment - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪmˈbelɪʃmənt|
Brit.
|ɪmˈbelɪʃmənt|
noun
- elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail (syn: embroidery)
- the act of adding extraneous decorations to something (syn: ornamentation)
the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
- a superfluous ornament- the act of adding extraneous decorations to something (syn: ornamentation)
Extra examples
...a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs...
...the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section...
Word forms
noun
singular: embellishment
plural: embellishments
singular: embellishment
plural: embellishments
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