architectural or painterly decoration, as opposed to structural elements: urns, statuary, and friezes might ornament a building, while dress and jewelry might ornament a figure in a portrait
A melodic embellishment, either written or improvised Types of ornaments included trills, turns, mordents, and grace notes
Decorations and patterns on a building or a piece of furniture can be referred to as ornament. walls of glass overlaid with ornament. be ornamented with sth to be decorated with something
An embellishment to a pre-existing melodic line, generally consisting of a single note, or small group of notes At various times musical history the use of ornaments has been left up to the discretion of the performer, indicated either by a system of symbolic shorthand, or written out as notes