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verb

decorate

CEFR B2

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

In a sentence

Six example sentences with decorate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Students spent the afternoon learning to decorate plain tiles with a slip trailer, building raised lines before the glaze went on.

    Art

  • She decorates each cake with candied violets and a ribbon of gold leaf, which doubles what the bakery can charge.

    Cooking

  • Victorian builders liked to decorate a plain brick front with terracotta panels, iron railings, and a band of patterned tile.

    Architecture

  • Players spend hours decorating their in-game cottages with rugs and lanterns that do nothing for their combat stats.

    Gaming

  • Every June the fishing village decorates its boats with paper flowers before the blessing of the fleet.

    Travel

  • Medieval scribes would decorate the first letter of a chapter with gold leaf and tiny painted beasts.

    History

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