BRIC-A-BRAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bric-a-brac mean? 

• BRIC-A-BRAC (noun)
  The noun BRIC-A-BRAC has 1 sense:

1. miscellaneous curios

  Familiarity information: BRIC-A-BRAC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIC-A-BRAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Miscellaneous curios

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bric-a-brac; knickknack; knickknackery; nicknack; whatnot

Hypernyms ("bric-a-brac" is a kind of...):

curio; curiosity; oddity; oddment; peculiarity; rarity (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)

 Context examples 

The wide rooms seemed too narrow for his rolling gait, and to himself he was in terror lest his broad shoulders should collide with the doorways or sweep the bric-a-brac from the low mantel.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)