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What does decor mean? definition, meaning and audio pronunciation (Free English Language Dictionary)

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Pronunciation (US):  Play   (GB):  Play

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decor mean? 

• DECOR (noun)
  The noun DECOR has 1 sense:

1. decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interiorplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


• DECOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

decor; interior decoration

Hypernyms (“decor” is a kind of…):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

Derivation:

decorate (provide with decoration)

decorate (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)


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definition of kitchen by The Free Dictionary

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noun cookhouse, galley, kitchenette, scullery eating a snack in the kitchen

Kitchen equipment

Aga (trademark), bain-marie, baking tray, barbecue or (Austral. slang) barbie, batterie de cuisine, blender, bottle opener, bread knife, cafetiere, cake tin, carving knife, casserole, chip pan, chopping board, chopsticks, coffee grinder, coffeepot, colander, cooker, cooling rack, corkscrew, deep fat fryer, dessertspoon, double saucepan or (U.S. & Canad.) double boiler, egg beater or egg whisk, fan-assisted oven, fish slice, flan tin, food processor, fork, frying pan, grater, gravy boat or sauce boat, griddle or (Scot.) girdle, grill, ice-cream maker, icing bag, jelly bag, juicer or juice extractor, kettle, knife, masher, mould, ladle, lemon squeezer, liquidizer, loaf tin, mandoline, measuring jug, mezzaluna, microwave or microwave oven, mixing bowl, mortar and pestle, nutcracker, olla, oven, pastry cutter, peeler, pepper mill, percolator, poacher, pot, pot-au-feu, ramekin, ricer (U.S. & Canad.), rolling pin, rotisserie, saucepan, scales, sieve, skillet,

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definition of interior by The Free Dictionary

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Lawrence, soon found that in the rich peltries of the interior, they had sources of wealth that might almost rival the mines of Mexico and Peru.
“Pardon me,” said I, “O Thou Whom I must no longer address as the Perfection of all Beauty; but let me beg thee to vouchsafe thy servant a sight of thine interior.”
They then struck directly westward, across the great chain of California mountains intervening between these interior plains and the shores of the Pacific.
Not even the mule and ox-cart drivers, whom they would hire to take them into the wilds of the interior would be told of the real object of the search.
From time to time, on the road which they had carefully left on their left, passed fugitives coming from the interior, at the news of the landing of the royal troops.
A few venturesome souls crossed
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