architectural or painterly decoration, as opposed to structural elements: urns, statuary, and friezes might ornament a building, while dress and jewelry might ornament a figure in a portrait.
A set of geometric or stylized elements with a decorative function.
something used to beautify
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
a belt buckle, dress clasp, or decorative beads, feathers, or other material used to embellish a garment.
An embellishment to a pre-existing melodic line, generally consisting of a single note, or small group of notes. At various times musical history the use of ornaments has been left up to the discretion of the performer, indicated either by a system of symbolic shorthand, or written out as notes.
Embellishments and decorations of a melody as expressed through small notes or special signs.
Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment.
A thing used or serving to adorn; a decoration added to embellish.
Details added to a surface for decoration.
A note or group of notes used as decoration of a principle melodic note, vocal or instrumental. May be a spontaneous act on the part of the performer/interpreter.
A tone or group of tones applied as decoration to a principal melodic tone.
A melodic embellishment, either written or improvised. Types of ornaments included trills, turns, mordents, and grace notes.
notes added to embellish or decorate a musical work, like a trill.
A small decorative device such as an initial capital letter (initial cap) or a dingbat. Also called printer's ornaments.
In music, ornaments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to the overall melodic (or harmonic) line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line. Many ornaments are performed as "fast notes" around a central note. The amount of ornamentation in a piece of music can vary from quite extensive (it was often so in the Baroque period) to relatively little or even none.
In architecture, ornament is a decorative detail used to embellish parts of a building or interior furnishing. Ornament can be carved from stone, wood or precious metals, formed with plaster or clay, or impressed onto a surface as applied ornament. A wide variety of decorative styles and motifs have been developed for architecture and the applied arts, including ceramics, furniture, metalwork and textiles.