Definitions for Decorated

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Decorated dec·o·rat·ed

Spelling: [dek-uh-rey-tid]

IPA: /ˈdɛk əˌreɪ tɪd/

Decorated is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 355 anagrams from letters in Decorated (acddeeort).

Definitions for Decorated

adjective

1. (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
2. to plan and execute the design, furnishings, and ornamentation of the interior of (a house, office, apartment, etc.), especially by selecting colors, fabrics, and style of furniture, by making minor structural changes, etc.:
3. to confer distinction upon by a badge, a medal of honor, etc.:

Origin of Decorated

First recorded in 1720-30; decorate + -ed²

Examples for Decorated

There are few breasts in those ranks that are not decorated with medals.

I decorated with marigolds, which are considered the flower of the dead.

VATICAN CITY—In the 500 or so years since the Sistine Chapel was decorated, it has never looked so good.

It was Christmas-eve, and I had decorated the ambulance with festoons of green leaves.

Its spine, too, “‘hubbed’ as the most prized European classics are,” is decorated with delicate gold squiggles and a star.

The calavera, or decorated skull, is an archetype of Mexican popular culture.

The nave of the church is decorated, and has beautiful windows of that period.

The legendary Captain Paddy Brown was by some accounts the most decorated firefighter in the nation.

It was a white lamb, decorated from ears to tail with knots of ribbon and with flowers.

The dining-hall was decorated for the occasion with appropriate portraits.