ACCESSORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory mean? 

• ACCESSORY (noun)
  The noun ACCESSORY has 3 senses:

1. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

2. a supplementary component that improves capability

3. someone who helps another person commit a crime

  Familiarity information: ACCESSORY used as a noun is uncommon.

• ACCESSORY (adjective)
  The adjective ACCESSORY has 2 senses:

1. aiding and abetting in a crime

2. furnishing added support

  Familiarity information: ACCESSORY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCESSORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

accessory; accouterment; accoutrement

Hypernyms ("accessory" is a kind of...):

article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accessory"):

belt (a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist))

furnishing; trappings ((usually plural) accessory wearing apparel)

Derivation:

accessorial (nonessential but helpful)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A supplementary component that improves capability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

accessory; add-on; appurtenance; supplement

Hypernyms ("accessory" is a kind of...):

component; constituent; element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accessory"):

auto accessory (an accessory for an automobile)

computer accessory (an accessory for a computer)

fitting (a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system)

fixings; trimmings (the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity))

Derivation:

accessorial (nonessential but helpful)

accessory (furnishing added support)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who helps another person commit a crime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

accessary; accessory

Hypernyms ("accessory" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accessory"):

abetter; abettor (one who helps or encourages or incites another)

accessory after the fact (a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony)

accessory before the fact (a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration)

accessory during the fact (a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it)

collaborator; confederate; henchman; partner in crime (someone who assists in a plot)

• ACCESSORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aiding and abetting in a crime

Synonyms:

accessary; accessory

Context example:

he was charged with being accessory to the crime

Similar:

supportive (furnishing support or assistance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Furnishing added support

Synonyms:

accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; ancillary; appurtenant; auxiliary

Context example:

The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other

Similar:

supportive (furnishing support or assistance)

Derivation:

accessory (a supplementary component that improves capability)

 Context examples 

Cells found within the glomerular lobules of mammalian kidney, where they serve as structural supports, may regulate blood flow, are phagocytic and may act as accessory cells, presenting antigen in immune responses.

(Glomerular Mesangial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

In each case the accessory sensory structures are arranged so that appropriate stimuli cause movement of the hair-like projections (stereocilia and kinocilia) which relay the information centrally in the nervous system.

(Hair Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An accessory gland of the orbit.

(Harderian Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

An accessory for a telephone that is worn on the head and designed to allow handsfree conversation.

(Headset Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The larger accessory lacrimal glands on the upper and lower eyelids that secrete tears.

(Gland of Wolfring, NCI Thesaurus)

The small accessory lacrimal glands on the upper and lower eyelids that secrete tears.

(Gland of Krause, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a heterotetramer comprised of the DNA polymerase delta catalytic subunit and 3 DNA polymerase delta accessory subunits.

(DNA Polymerase Delta, NCI Thesaurus)

An accessory pancreatic duct with two branches, one of which opens directly to the duodenum at the minor duodenal papilla while the other connects to the pancreatic duct.

(Ductus Santorini, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to APs and clathrin, there are numerous accessory proteins including dynamin.

(Endocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Issue associated with the device and/or device accessories caught within patient vasculature, tissue, or other devices or device components.

(Entrapment of Medical Device or Device Component, Food and Drug Administration)