ornamental

UK /ˌɔː.nəˈmɛn.təl/ US /ˌɔɹ.nəˈmɛn.təl/

adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.

Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.

We shall leave to the reader to determine with what judgment we have chosen the several occasions for inserting those ornamental parts of our work.

Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.

Those pine trees on the lawn are the fastest-growing ornamentals we could find.

noun

An ornamental plant.

The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia.

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

ADV

highly, very

The garden includes some very ornamental trees with pink blossoms that bloom in spring.

purely

The decorative tiles on the bathroom wall are purely ornamental and serve no practical purpose.

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Synonyms

adjective — serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.

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We shall leave to the reader to determine with what judgment we have chosen the several occasions for inserting those ornamental parts of our work.

Wiktionary

There were ornamental ponds and shrubs clipped into animal shapes, painted concrete gnomes sitting on mushrooms, pink flamingos standing on one leg[.]

Wiktionary

The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia.

Wiktionary

Tom has several ornamental birds in his backyard as well as a garden gnome.

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There is a tendency to utilize underground space for the less ornamental purposes of civilization.

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