decoration
noun
something nice that you put on or in something else to make it look more attractive
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Decoration and decorations
ornament
noun
a small attractive object used for decoration or for making someone or something more beautiful
embellishment
noun
a decoration added to something in order to make it more beautiful, or the process of doing this
overlay
noun
a thin layer of a substance that has been applied to a surface, especially for decoration
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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