OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2647

festoon

/fɛsˈtuːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
guirnalda
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
festón
A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but…
guirnalda luminosa
A raised cable with light globes attached.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 2648

festoon

/fɛsˈtuːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
engalanar • enguirnaldar
To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
The tree trunks and the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the undergrowth.
festonar • festonear
To make festoons.
Phrases
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