мишура — meaning in English

English meaning

• frippery noun Showy display, such as in elaborate dress.
• gewgaw noun A flashy, worthless item or plaything; a gaudy trinket, ornament or decorative piece.
• tinsel noun Thin, shiny strips of metallic material used as festive decoration, especially draped over Christmas trees.

Senses

мишура is used for these senses in English:

• frippery Useless things; trifles.
• gewgaw A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration. [from 15th c.]
• tinsel A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

frippery — full definition

1. noun Showy display, such as in elaborate dress.
2. noun Small, unimportant items with little real value.
3. noun Clothes that someone no longer wants and has given away.
4. noun The business of buying and selling used clothing.

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