ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Festooning

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Festooning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of festoon.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of festoon.

More Meanings

  1. Material with which something is festooned.
  2. The act of honeybees to join together in a chain.

Example Sentences

To construct chains and give the appearance of a festoon, bees engage in a process known as festooning.
The second tier of boxes, still with the red festoonings and the luxuriance of creeping vines, had, as its chief adornment, holly, laurel, and cypress trees of irregular height[…]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include festoonery, tress, figuration, garniture, flourish, garnish.

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