ornamental

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A Met Police chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear team was seen near the park's bandstand on Friday and police divers were spotted near the Round Pond ornamental lake.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The Declaration often took up a full page with ornamental type.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

For decades, these elements were treated as ornamental details.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

Here, Williams deployed coffered ceilings, ornamental ironwork, stained-glass windows and colorful tile across two stories and nearly 9,000 square feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

Then my sister sealed them up in a piece of paper, and put them under some dried rose-leaves in an ornamental teapot on the top of a press in the state parlour.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens