decoration
US /ˌdɛkɚˈeɪʃən/
Definition
something used to beautify
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The staff put up festive decorations in the lobby for the holiday.
Word Family
Synonyms
- ornamentsomething used to beautify
- adornmenta decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
Collocations
- Easy holiday decorationto holiday decoration, meaning to spend or take a vacation
- Medium interior decoration styledescribing interior decoration style (the region that is inside of something)
- Hard elaborate floral decoration centerpieceto elaborate floral decoration centerpiece, meaning to add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- Very Hard receive high military decorationto receive high military decoration, meaning to get something; come into possession of
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