ornamentation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ornamentation
    n 1: the state of being ornamented
    2: something used to beautify [syn: {decoration}, {ornament},
       {ornamentation}]
    3: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something [syn:
       {ornamentation}, {embellishment}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ornamentation \Or`na*men*ta"tion\, n.
   1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being
      ornamented.
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   2. That which ornaments. --C. Kingsley.
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   3. The ornaments embellishing an object, collectively; as,
      each room of the palace had a strikingly different
      ornamentation.
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