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dec⋅o⋅ra⋅tion
[dek-uh-rey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance. |
| 2. | the act of decorating. |
| 3. | interior decoration. |
| 4. | a badge, medal, etc., conferred and worn as a mark of honor: a decoration for bravery. |
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Decoration
Dec`o*ra"tion\, n. [LL. decoratio: cf. F. d['e]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.]
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Language Translation for : decoration
Spanish:
decoración,
German:
der Schmuck,
Japanese:
装飾
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