Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Art deco.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deco.
Examples
-
Yet here, mixed in with splashes of art deco, is one of the state’s finest collections of postwar motels.
-
Yet here, mixed in with splashes of art deco, is one of the state’s finest collections of postwar motels.
-
Yet here, mixed in with splashes of art deco, is one of the state’s finest collections of postwar motels.
-
Hyphenation by decomposition of compound words wordaxeis a Python library (formerly known as deco-cow) which provides Python programs with the ability to automatically hyphenate words using an algorithm which is based on decomposition of compound words into base words, and is named DCWHyphenator in the code.
-
"Gold, with an elongated chain and some kind of deco fob?" said Allie.
-
Everything you need is included: three sections for rice and other foods, chopsticks, frame to carry it and a belt to keep it closed. bento products with funny English on them like "Syrup o'Clock," then look no further than the White Bear series we restocked today. rice balls with different shapes with this rice shaper that comes with three caps for making different "deco" (decoration) patterns.
-
Everything you need is included: three sections for rice and other foods, chopsticks, frame to carry it and a belt to keep it closed. bento products with funny English on them like "Syrup o'Clock," then look no further than the White Bear series we restocked today. rice balls with different shapes with this rice shaper that comes with three caps for making different "deco" (decoration) patterns.
-
So if your theme has the name "deco", your config file will be named "decorc".
-
So if your theme has the name "deco", your config file will be named "decorc".
-
Downtown revolved around Sahat al-Nijmeh, Star Square, which was actually circular, a wheel of cobblestoned pedestrian streets intersecting in an open space with a tall art deco clock tower at its center.
bilby commented on the word deco
Ha!
October 26, 2008