Noun: embellishment em'be-lish-munt
- The act of adding extraneous decorations to something
"The cake's embellishment with sugar flowers added to its elegance";
- ornamentation
- A superfluous ornament
"The cake was decorated with elaborate sugar embellishments"
- Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
"the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings";
- embroidery
Derived forms: embellishments
Type of: decoration, elaboration, enlargement, expansion, ornament, ornamentation
Encyclopedia: Embellishment