ORNAMENTAL meaning: Decorative, enhancing appearance without function

We found 30 dictionaries that define the word ornamental:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

ornamental: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ornamental: Merriam-Webster
ornamental: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ornamental: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ornamental: Collins English Dictionary
ornamental: Vocabulary.com
Ornamental, ornamental: Wordnik
ornamental: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
ornamental: Wiktionary
ornamental: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
ornamental: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
ornamental: Infoplease Dictionary
Ornamental, ornamental: Dictionary.com
ornamental: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Ornamental: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Ornamental: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ornamental: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
ornamental: Rhymezone
Ornamental: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
ornamental: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ornamental: FreeDictionary.org
ornamental: Mnemonic Dictionary
ornamental: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
ornamental: Legal dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

Ornamental (offensive): Racial Slur Database
ornamental: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.
▸ adjective:  (of a plant, fish, etc.) Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.
▸ noun:  An ornamental plant.

Opposite:

functional, utilitarian, plain, unadorned

Types:

jewelry, clothing, furniture, art, pottery, tapestry, carvings, statues, more...

Phrases:

ornamental trees, ornamental tree, ornamental metal, ornamental ironwork, ornamental gourd, more...

Adjectives:

popular, least, most, only, common, attractive, excellent, mere, great, decorative, worthless

Colors:

gold, silver, emerald, ruby, sapphire, more...

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