festoon.
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
Meaning & usage
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
A raised cable with light globes attached.
A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin fēsta Late Latin fēsta Italian festa Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian festonebor. French festonbor. English festoon Borrowed from French feston.
To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
To make festoons.
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.
To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin fēsta Late Latin fēsta Italian festa Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian festonebor. French festonbor. English festoon Borrowed from French feston.
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