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FESTOONERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does festoonery mean?
• FESTOONERY (noun)
The noun FESTOONERY has 1 sense:
1. flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration
Familiarity information: FESTOONERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
festoon; festoonery
Hypernyms ("festoonery" is a kind of...):
flower chain (flowers strung together in a chain)
Derivation:
festoon (decorate with strings of flowers)
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