Interior Decor

8 words in this vocabulary list

verb the action of creating or planning something in a detailed way

  • The architect spent months designing the new office building.
  • I'm currently designing a cool new logo for our website.
  • I'm totally into designing my own clothes these days.
  • She is skilled at designing her own destiny.

noun a picture or design so painted

  • The artist spent months creating a beautiful fresco on the ceiling of the cathedral.
  • Have you seen the fresco in the art gallery? It's pretty cool.
  • That fresco at the museum is lit, bro!
  • Her mind was like a blank canvas waiting for the artist to paint a fresco of ideas.

adjective describing a shape that has eight sides and eight angles

  • The building was designed with an octagonal shape to maximize natural light.
  • The table in the corner is octagonal, it's pretty cool.
  • That octagonal pizza was huge, we couldn't finish it!
  • Her mind was like an octagonal maze, full of twists and turns.

urn

noun a decorative vase, often with a cover, used for holding the ashes of a cremated person

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  • The funeral director placed the ashes in the urn before the service.
  • I found a beautiful urn at the antique store for my mom's ashes.
  • Check out the fancy urn I got for my grandma's cremains.
  • Her heart felt like an empty urn after the breakup.

noun a basin or sink for washing, especially one attached to a wall and having running water

  • The elegant marble washbasin in the hotel lobby was meticulously cleaned every morning.
  • Don't forget to wash your hands in the washbasin before dinner.
  • I accidentally dropped my phone in the washbasin, what a fail!
  • Her mind was a washbasin of conflicting thoughts, swirling around endlessly.

noun a showy trinket or bauble

adjective showy or flashy in appearance

  • The antique shop displayed various geegaws from the Victorian era.
  • She loves collecting quirky geegaws to decorate her room.
  • I found a cool geegaw at the flea market for a bargain.
  • His flashy car is just a geegaw to impress others.

noun a mechanical device used for raising or lowering people or goods to different levels within a building

  • The elevator in the building was out of order, so we had to take the stairs.
  • Let's take the elevator instead of climbing all those stairs.
  • I'll meet you by the elevator, don't take too long.
  • His career was on an upward trajectory, like an elevator going to the top floor.

noun A Russian nesting doll, typically made of wood, that separates at the middle to reveal a smaller doll inside, which in turn contains an even smaller doll, and so on.

  • The Matryoshka dolls are a traditional Russian nesting doll set.
  • I bought a Matryoshka doll souvenir from my trip to Russia.
  • Check out these cool Matryoshka dolls I found at the flea market!
  • Her personality is like a Matryoshka doll, with many layers to uncover.