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decorative

adjective as in beautifying

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One space, the first floor anteroom, is lined with red and gold silk, with centuries-old paintings hanging on the walls and an elaborately decorative fireplace standing beside a huge floor-to-ceiling window.

From BBC

Speaking to Brides.com, Benjamin Khordipour of Estate Diamond Jewelry said the ring was “a throwback to the Victorian Era, with the beautiful, delicate and decorative gold work.”

From Salon

Shells are bought and sold as decorative objects, but every empty shell was once a living animal.

From BBC

Cities have also reduced water use by offering cash rebates to customers who remove thirsty lawns, and by targeting the elimination of purely decorative grass.

For the coronation itself, alongside the Rolls-Royce, the Bahraini king gave Charles a decorative clock.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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