noun
or dé·cor dāˈkȯ(ə)r, -kō(ə)r, -kȯ(ə), -kōə, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ sometimes də̇ˈ-
( -s )
Etymology: French décor, from décorer to decorate, from Latin decorare
1. : ornamentation , decoration
tweed made flashing by the adding of sequins and other incongruous decor — Lois Long
clothes with great decor the stilted platitudes of present-day social thought — Max Lerner
2. : stage scenery and furnishings : sets
has written plays in which the audience's chief interest is in the symbolic nature of the decor — E.R.Bentley
3. : pattern of decoration
acquired enough old objects to enable you to establish an integrated decor for your room — E.F.Robacker
: ornamental disposition of accessories in interior decoration
the decor and the atmosphere of its three dining rooms are like those of a first-class restaurant — Joseph Wechsberg
4. : the combination of features or elements that make up the background or milieu characteristic especially of a place or a period in time
jukeboxes, sports arenas, the couches of psychoanalysts, carnivals — these are the decor — W.B.C.Watkins
: atmosphere
took … the appealing decor of the Romantic school and fused with it his own kind of gentle and penetrating realism — T.G.Bergin