Definition of accesory
1. accessory [ n ] clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
Used in print:("Editorials"...)
The girls , very fetching in their uniforms , are shown firing rockets from a launcher mounted on a dump_truck ; they are also trained with carbines , automatic weapons , pistols , rifles and other such ladies ' accessories .
Synonyms accessory accouterment accoutrement Related Terms clothing belt furnishings2. accessory [ n ] a supplementary component that improves capability
Used in print:(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)
Examples are in public utilities , making military aircraft and accessories , or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by_any_means other_than the corporate form , e._g. constructing major airports or dams .
Synonyms supplement accessory add-on appurtenance Related Terms component cut-in auto_accessory fitting fixings computer_accessory append3. accessory [ a ] relating to something that is added but is not essential
Examples:
"an ancillary pump"
"an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"
"The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
4. accessory [ n ] someone who helps another person commit a crime
Synonyms accomplice accessary accessory Related Terms criminal confederate accessory_after_the_fact accessory_before_the_fact accessory_during_the_fact abettorSimilar Spelling
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