festoon

festoon is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.
2. noun. A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.
3. transitive verb. To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
4. noun. flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration

   Synonyms: festoonery

5. noun. an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
6. noun. a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
7. verb. decorate with strings of flowers

   "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"

Synonyms

festoonery

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in festoon:

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Common word forms

festoons, festooned, festooning

Words from these letters

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