Festoon
noun
A string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon which hang in a curved shape.
The room was decorated with festoons of holly and mistletoe for Christmas.
Often appears as...
- festoons of flowers
- festoons of ribbon
verb
To hang or decorate something with festoons.
They festooned the hall with flowers and ribbons for the party.
Often appears as...
- festooned with flowers
- festooned with ribbons
noun
A string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon which hang in a curved shape.
The room was decorated with festoons of holly and mistletoe for Christmas.
Often appears as...
- festoons of flowers
- festoons of ribbon
verb
To hang or decorate something with festoons.
They festooned the hall with flowers and ribbons for the party.
Often appears as...
- festooned with flowers
- festooned with ribbons
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Celebratory Decor
Festoons often imply a celebration or festive event, creating a jovial atmosphere.
The banquet hall was adorned with festoons for the wedding reception.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Flow
Festoons add a sense of flow and movement to decorations, as they drape in curves.
Festoons of silk draped elegantly over the grand staircase.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Materials
Originally, festoons were made of natural elements but now include synthetic materials too.
Ancient festivals featured festoons of vines and flowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebratory Decor
Festoons often imply a celebration or festive event, creating a jovial atmosphere.
The banquet hall was adorned with festoons for the wedding reception.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Flow
Festoons add a sense of flow and movement to decorations, as they drape in curves.
Festoons of silk draped elegantly over the grand staircase.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Materials
Originally, festoons were made of natural elements but now include synthetic materials too.
Ancient festivals featured festoons of vines and flowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebratory Decor
Festoons often imply a celebration or festive event, creating a jovial atmosphere.
The banquet hall was adorned with festoons for the wedding reception.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Flow
Festoons add a sense of flow and movement to decorations, as they drape in curves.
Festoons of silk draped elegantly over the grand staircase.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Materials
Originally, festoons were made of natural elements but now include synthetic materials too.
Ancient festivals featured festoons of vines and flowers.
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Video examples
Steve Jurvetson: The joy...
festooned with electronics. He succeeds getting to 100,000 feet, leaving the atmosphere, seeing a thin blue line of space. It is this breathtaking image -- success, of course -- that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science, understand the importance of physics and math and, in many ways, to have that awe at exploration of the frontiers of the unknown.
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How to use a semicolon -...
It's stronger than a comma, and less final than a period. It fills the spaces in between, and for that reason, it has some specific and important tasks. For one, it can clarify ideas in a sentence that's already festooned with commas.
Video examples
Steve Jurvetson: The joy...
festooned with electronics. He succeeds getting to 100,000 feet, leaving the atmosphere, seeing a thin blue line of space. It is this breathtaking image -- success, of course -- that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science, understand the importance of physics and math and, in many ways, to have that awe at exploration of the frontiers of the unknown.
Video examples
How to use a semicolon -...
It's stronger than a comma, and less final than a period. It fills the spaces in between, and for that reason, it has some specific and important tasks. For one, it can clarify ideas in a sentence that's already festooned with commas.
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Quote examples
Les Dawson
English Comedian
In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.
Quote examples
Amanda Foreman
British Historian
Foot-binding is said to have been inspired by a tenth-century court dancer named Yao Niang who bound her feet into the shape of a new moon. She entranced Emperor Li Yu by dancing on her toes inside a six-foot golden lotus festooned with ribbons and precious stones.
Quote examples
Kailash Kher
Indian Musician
What is most amusing and can happen only in India is that the most posh and big households that I've seen in Mumbai, the 'big city', will have their balconies and windows festooned with rows of baniyans and tauliyas hanging on them.
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Leandra Medine
American Author
I feel like alternative piercings in the ear is this untapped way to festoon yourself. Not many people understand this, but it hurts so good. It's like getting dental work done. It hurts in the right way.
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Henry Timrod
American Poet
Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.
Quote examples
Les Dawson
English Comedian
In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.
Quote examples
Amanda Foreman
British Historian
Foot-binding is said to have been inspired by a tenth-century court dancer named Yao Niang who bound her feet into the shape of a new moon. She entranced Emperor Li Yu by dancing on her toes inside a six-foot golden lotus festooned with ribbons and precious stones.
Quote examples
Kailash Kher
Indian Musician
What is most amusing and can happen only in India is that the most posh and big households that I've seen in Mumbai, the 'big city', will have their balconies and windows festooned with rows of baniyans and tauliyas hanging on them.
Quote examples
Leandra Medine
American Author
I feel like alternative piercings in the ear is this untapped way to festoon yourself. Not many people understand this, but it hurts so good. It's like getting dental work done. It hurts in the right way.
Quote examples
Henry Timrod
American Poet
Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.
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