Results for ornamental

Definitions of ornamental:

part of speech: adjective

Serving to decorate or adorn.

part of speech: adjective

Serving to adorn or beautify.

Usage examples for ornamental:

• Galton's remark has reminded me that I used to see the thumb- mark there, as well as I recollect, in an ornamental title- page. "The Origin of Finger-Printing", William J. Herschel

• All this points to the fact that she was bred to be an ornamental rather than what is called a useful member of society. "The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.", Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

• A piece of ornamental iron- work is fixed to the upright. "The Care of Books", John Willis Clark