festoon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɛsˈtuːn/

Noun

An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots. / (architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.

Japanese Meaning

花輪や鎖など、二ヶ所に固定され、ゆるやかに垂れ下がる装飾品 / 建築においては、上記の装飾品に類似した浮彫りや絵画、または構造的装飾モチーフ

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A colorful festoon of paper flowers draped between the windows brightened the room.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

窓の間に垂れ下がった色とりどりの紙の花のガーランドが部屋を明るくした。

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Sense（1）

An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.

Sense（2）

(architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

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Sense（3）

A raised cable with light globes attached.

Sense（4）

(astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.

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(acarology) Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.

Sense（6）

(technology) A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.

Sense（7）

(manufacturing) Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.

Sense（8）

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.

Sense（9）

(dentistry) Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.

festoons

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