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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 decorationplay

  Familiarity information: FESTOONERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FESTOONERY (noun)


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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