adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
purely
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These arches are purely decorative , so no cutting of brickwork is needed.
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Other Simlawood items are purely decorative .
very
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These wheels were very good workers and many replicas have been built; some very decorative specimens.
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It is not very decorative and is of limited importance to aquarists.
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There is also a wide range of paving materials that can create a very decorative effect.
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It is a minute, very decorative herb with a thin and creeping rooting system.
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The plant is light green and very decorative .
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A comparatively rare plant, Acorus is propagated with difficulty but it is a very decorative plant when used in aquariums.
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It is a very decorative plant.
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The plant is very decorative with its dark-veined leaves.
■ NOUN
art
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Their new collection also includes scarves, ties and braces and all designs are based on antique decorative arts .
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The Pageant of the Masters uses live models to re- create notable paintings, sculptures and decorative art .
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Museums of design or decorative arts validate their collections in different terms.
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In the field of eighteenth-century art , we've had paintings, decorative arts and period rooms divorced from each other.
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There are also some decorative arts scattered around the museum, and one wishes there were more.
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More than forty dealers in furniture and the decorative arts will participate and proceeds go to the Carnegie Museum of Art.
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There will be space devoted to prints and drawings, as well as sculpture and the decorative arts .
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There were no clear distinctions between the fine and the decorative arts in Mannerist or Baroque Prague.
scheme
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The decorative scheme incorporates portrait Roman heads, animals, birds, fishes and Roman geometrical decorative forms.
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From an early date the imperial palaces at Constantinople incorporated decorative schemes that emphasized and glorified imperial power and dominion.
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There were minor additions made to the decorative scheme in the 19C.
style
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Internally the house is bright and airy with stripped doors and has a light decorative style .
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But his decorative style is as spartan as any Internationalist.
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The simpler decorative style of the wide boats echoes that of the seagoing ships alongside which they were built.
touch
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A generous pile of cushions, or a treasured marble bust can add the required decorative touch .
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Left: Most boatyards had a signwriter who painted the boats in their company liveries and added the decorative touches .
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It is surprising the difference such a relatively small decorative touch can make to an ordinary room or staircase.
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Shaped hemlines are just one way to add a decorative touch .
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Adding a decorative touch to the plain brick wall, they also give the room quite a Continental feel.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cut out decorative shapes with a cookie cutter.
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Many of the nature books are purely decorative , but a few are very informative.
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The poem had been embroidered on a pretty decorative pillow.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A generous pile of cushions, or a treasured marble bust can add the required decorative touch.
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A shelf for decorative plates running at picture rail height will instantly bring an interior to life.
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Lamps, decorative objects, rugs, wall coverings and fabrics are only a few of the most commonly licensed home furnishings.
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Prices, where stated at all, were scribbled in decorative script upon tiny cards, an afterthought.
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The decorative scheme incorporates portrait Roman heads, animals, birds, fishes and Roman geometrical decorative forms.
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The reality in these stories is only decorative .
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There's no point in getting all the other decorative details perfect if your plates and knives and forks are all wrong.