I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
garden
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Those horrible statues of garden ornaments ?
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It's a life-sized sculpture of an elephant, and it's destined to become a millionaire's garden ornament .
■ VERB
make
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Alternatively, there are several firms that make such ornaments from reconstituted stone.
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The more elaborate the ornament , the more likely that a random mutation will make the ornament less elaborate, not more.
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Thus, any change in a gene will tend to make the ornament smaller, less symmetrical, or less colorful.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Christmas ornaments
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I bought a new Christmas tree ornament - do you want to see it?
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The music building is a structure with simple but gracious ornament .
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Thieves stole all the silver and gold ornaments from the palace.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I have no use for second-hand books and unfashionable clothes and bits of ornament .
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Now Boston gets offered the Massachusetts as an ornament .
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The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre, and all the fine details of its ornament .
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Top weighting had to be achieved by the disposition of proportion, ornament and light.
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Ugly ornaments don't deserve to exist.
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When she moved, ornaments rattled.
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You see that the ornaments we are discussing are nothing if not arbitrary.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He specialised in lead figures of which excellent examples are found at Powis Castle in Powys, ornamenting the spectacular hanging terraces.
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One in particular, about a metre high, pale lemon in colour, was ornamented with neo-classical bandings in blue and gold.
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Sometimes the blades were elaborately ornamented.
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The corners of the enclosure were ornamented by sculptured funerary lions devouring stags.
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To the left was a dinosaur of a stone pulpit, all arched and ornamented.
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Veins are often dark reddish brown and the blade somewhat ornamented by reddish brown irregular spots.