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Meaning of festoon

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  festoon
      n 1: a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form
           graceful curves
      2: an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of
         a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on
         pottery or in architectural work
      3: flower chains suspended in curves between points as a
         decoration [syn: {festoon}, {festoonery}]
      v 1: decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings
           were festooned for the holiday"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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