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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:dé·cor
PRONUNCIATION:  dkôr, d-kôr
VARIANT FORMS: or de·cor
NOUN:1a. Decoration. b. A decorative style or scheme, as of a room. 2. A stage setting; scenery.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from décorer, to decorate, from Latin decorre, to beautify. See decorate.
 
 
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