Words / B2

DEK-uh-rayt-uh/ˈdekəreɪtə/

A decorator is a person whose job is to paint and paper rooms; also someone who adds decoration: a painter and decorator; interior decorator. Painter is a close twin; designer is broader. Name the decorator in the invoice, then the £ labour line. Mix-up: decorator vs decoder; decoration (the result); do not write decorator for a paint slogan with no named worker.

Meaning

A person whose job is to paint and paper rooms; also someone who adds decoration.

Examples

• “Name the decorator in the invoice, then the £ labour line, not a paint slogan.”
• “An interior decorator featured in the design brief, which is the styling sense — still name the client if given.”

Good to know

a painter and decorator; interior decorator; decorating. Close: painter. Broader: designer. Trap: decoder. Design, accounts, and DT. A person who paints and papers rooms — quote the invoice.

Near in meaning

painter, paperer, designer

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