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festoon

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
  2. noun A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
  3. noun A raised cable with light globes attached.
  4. noun A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
  5. noun Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
  6. noun A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
  7. noun Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
  8. noun Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.

Similar words

adorn garlandage tassel garland targe pendant shackle tossel girlond favor

Often followed by

of the and blinds is their cross curtains was

Word family

festooned festooning festoons

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