festoon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
Types & categories
- curtain hypernym
Sense 2 verb
decorate with strings of flowers
The public buildings were festooned for the holiday
Types & categories
- ornament hypernym
Related & opposite
- festoonery derivation
- festoon derivation
Sense 3 noun
an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
Types & categories
- embellishment hypernym
Related & opposite
- festoon derivation
Sense 4 noun
flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration
Types & categories
- flower chain hypernym
Related & opposite
- festoon derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curtain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | festoonery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | festoon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ornament |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | festoon |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | embellishment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | festoon |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | flower chain |