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Embellishment

British pronunciation/ɛmbˈɛlɪʃmənt/
American pronunciation/ɛmˈbɛɫɪʃmənt/
Embellishment
[NOUN]
1

the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

synonyms : ornamentation
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2

a superfluous ornament

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3

the act of adding extra details or exaggerating certain aspects of a story or description to make it more interesting or appealing

synonyms : embroidery
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Examples
1Actually, does the music have embellishments?
2Embellishment is pretty common and usually not ill-intentioned.
3Natural ornaments like pine cones, moss balls and nuts provide inexpensive embellishment.
4- Baroque people did use vibrato as embellishments.
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