decoration

CEFRB1

/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

noun

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noun
Something added to make a place or object attractive.
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noun
Extra detail
Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host

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There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus

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From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.