Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: accessory
IPA transcription: [æks'ɛsɚi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: accessory, accoutrement, accouterment
    Meaning: clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
  • Synonyms: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on
    Meaning: a supplementary component that improves capability
Usage examples
  • He's getting past the age for caring for such things, either as principal or accessory.
  • She then stated in her diary that she looked upon Bernard as an accessory after the fact.
  • And--and he says he's the fullest evidence against Cardlestone--and against me as an accessory after the fact."
  • It is true that it is mixed up with many accessory ideas which are out of date and which we now reject; but the essential of the theory is there very clearly formulated, and that is the important point.
  • Look at me, another accessory, come two thousand miles on a garlicky, cockroachy banana steamer all the way from South America to connive at the sacrifice--please to observe how lightly my guilt rests upon my shoulders.
  • With your permission, my dear,' he added, turning untarnishably clear childlike eyes on Sheila, 'I will take all risks--even to the foot of the gibbet: accessory, Danton, AFTER the fact.' And so direct and cloudless was his gaze that Sheila tried in vain to evade it and to catch a glimpse of Danton's small agate-like eyes, now completely under mastery, and awaiting confidently the meeting with her own.