Usually means: Gilded bronze used for decoration.
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  1. ormolu: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ormolu: Merriam-Webster
  3. ormolu: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ormolu: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ormolu: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ormolu: Vocabulary.com
  7. ormolu: Wordnik
  8. ormolu: Wiktionary
  9. ormolu: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ormolu: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ormolu: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Ormolu, ormolu: Dictionary.com
  13. ormolu: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Ormolu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Ormolu: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. ormolu: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. ormolu: Rhymezone
  18. Ormolu: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. ormolu: FreeDictionary.org
  20. ormolu: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. ormolu: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. ormolu: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ormolu: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. ormolu: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ormolu)

noun:  Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
adjective:  Made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.
verb:  To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.

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