1. (n.)accessory a subordinate or supplementary part or object that adds to convenience, attractiveness, safety, etc.
2. accessory an article of dress, as gloves or earrings, that completes or enhances one's basic outfit.
3. accessory Law.
4. accessory Also called accessory before the fact. a person who, although not present during the commission of a felony, is guilty of having aided and abetted another, who committed the felony.
5. accessory Also called accessory after the fact. a person who knowingly conceals or assists another who has committed a felony.
6. (adj.)accessory contributing to a general effect; supplementary; subsidiary.
7. accessory Law. giving aid as an accessory.
8. accessory noting any mineral considered to be a nonessential constituent of a rock.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME (< MF) < ML)
Definition of 'Accessory'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)accessory, accoutrement, accouterment clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
2. (noun)accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on a supplementary component that improves capability
3. (adj)accessory, accessary someone who helps another person commit a crime
4. (adj)accessary, accessory aiding and abetting in a crime "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"
5. (adj)accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary furnishing added support "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
1. accessory sb who helps a criminal an accessory to murder
Definition of 'Accessory'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Accessory accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music
2. (noun)Accessory that which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate
3. (noun)Accessory same as Accessary, n
4. (noun)Accessory anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts
Sense: something additional (eg a handbag, scarf, shoes etc to the main part of a woman's clothing, or a radio, seat-covers etc to a car) She wore matching accessories.
Definitions of Accessory 
Afrikaans: bykomstigheid
Arabic: مُلْحَقَات، تَوَابِع للزّ
Bulgarian: допълнение
Brazilian: acessório
Czech: doplňky, příslušenství
German: das Zubehör
Danish: tilbehør
Greek: εξάρτημα, αξεσουάρ
Spanish: accesorio
Estonian: aksessuaar
Farsi: متعلقات
Finnish: tarvike
French: accessoire
Hebrew: אֲבִיזָר
Hindi: उपसाधन
Croatian: pribor
Hungarian: tartozékok; kiegészítők
Indonesian: pelengkap (busana, mobil)
Icelandic: aukahlutur
Italian: accessorio
Japanese: アクセサリー
Korean: 부속물
Lithuanian: aksesuaras, priedas
Latvian: piederumi; aksesuāri
Malay: aksesori
Dutch: accessoire
Norwegian: tilbehør
Polish: dodatek
Persian: متعلقات
Pashto: اړه
Portuguese: acessório
Romanian: accesorii
Russian: аксессуары
Slovak: doplnky, príslušenstvo
Slovenian: dodatek
Serbian: dodatna oprema
Swedish: accessoar, tillbehör
Thai: เครื่องประดับ
Turkish: aksesuar
Taiwanese: 配件
Ukrainian: аксесуар
Urdu: لوازمات، متعلقات
Vietnamese: đồ phụ tùng
Chinese: 附属品
