Collocations for decorate - verb
1. make sth attractive
ADVERB
elaborately,
gaily (old-fashioned),
heavily,
intricately,
lavishly,
ornately,
richly
The room was lavishly decorated with tinsel.
The room was lavishly decorated with tinsel.
beautifully,
elegantly,
nicely,
tastefully
simply, sparsely (esp. AmE)
simply, sparsely (esp. AmE)
2. (esp. BrE) with paint/wallpaper
3. give sb a medal
Decorate is used with these nouns as the object:
altar, apartment, bathroom, bedroom, cake, exterior, flat, home, house, interior, room, wall, yard
altar, apartment, bathroom, bedroom, cake, exterior, flat, home, house, interior, room, wall, yard