accessory has definitions from the fields of clothing,law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (clothing) 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 .

Related terms

clothing belt furnishings

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[ noun ] 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 .

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[ adjective ] 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"

Related terms

supportive

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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) someone who helps another person commit a crime
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