accessories

Noun

accessory (plural accessories)

1. Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
   • the accessories of a mobile phone

   Synonyms:

   accompaniment

2. An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
   • One of the first of a wave of American women contemporary designers who emerged in the 1990s, she [Kate Spade] built a brand on the appeal of clothes and accessories that made shoppers smile.2018 June 5, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Vanessa Friedman, Matthew Schneier, “Kate Spade, whose handbags carried women into adulthood, is dead at 55”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...
3. A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
   • She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.

   Synonyms:

   abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor, accessary

4. Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

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