OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 964

accessory

/əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
accesorio • complemento
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
the accessories of a mobile phone
the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
accesorio
An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
One of the first of a wave of American women contemporary designers who emerged in the 1990s, she [Kate Spade] built a brand on the appeal of clothes and accessories that made shop…
cómplice
A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
“You can be an accessory before the fact, or an accessory after the fact. It doesnʼt matter if itʼs before or after; either way youʼd be in for it.”