Appurtenance - English meaning

noun

A thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.

Usage examples:

Optional accessories include a battery charger and shoulder strap

adjective

Contributing to or aiding an activity or process in a minor way; subsidiary or supplementary.

Usage examples:

Functionally the maxillae are a pair of accessory jaws

noun

Something extra that improves or completes the thing it is added to

Usage examples:

We sell plants, seeds, fertilizer, and gardening accessories, such as tools and gloves.

noun

An additional item of dress or equipment.

Usage examples:

The accoutrements of religious ritual

noun

The equipment needed for a particular activity or way of life

noun

The action or process of adding something to something else.

Usage examples:

The hotel has been extended with the addition of more rooms

noun

The process of calculating the total of a group of numbers

Usage examples:

[ u ] we learn addition and subtraction in first and second grade., [ c ] harold is the newest addi…

noun

Something extra that is added to something

Usage examples:

An addition to sth the company provides a compensation package which amounts to an addition to the …

noun

A thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part.

Usage examples:

Computer technology is an adjunct to learning

adjective

Connected or added to something.

Usage examples:

Other adjunct therapies include immunotherapy

adjective

Connected or added to something.

Usage examples:

Other adjunct therapies include immunotherapy

noun

A thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.

Usage examples:

They treat scotland as a mere appendage of england

noun

A smaller or less important part that is attached to something

Usage examples:

The organism has small, leaflike appendages.

noun

Something that exists as a smaller and less important part of something larger

Usage examples:

The committee is a mere appendage of the council and has no power of its own., the organism has sma…

plural noun

A person's movable possessions.

Usage examples:

She didn't have much baggage with her as most of her belongings had been sent ahead by sea

noun

The things that a person owns, especially those that can be carried

Usage examples:

I put a few personal belongings in a bag and left the house for the last time.

idiom

Small things or jobs of different types

noun

The state of being able to proceed with something without difficulty.

Usage examples:

Services should be run to suit the convenience of customers, not of staff

noun

The fact that something is suitable for your purposes and causes no difficulty for your schedule or plans

Usage examples:

[ u ] i enjoy the convenience of having my groceries delivered., [ u ] repairs were scheduled at th…

noun

The fact of something being easy to do, get to, etc., or something that is useful and helpful

Usage examples:

Convenience and comfort are both major factors in consumer choice., the convenience of online shopp…

noun

The necessary items for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Suppliers of office equipment

noun

The set of tools, clothing, etc., needed for a particular activity or purpose

Usage examples:

Computer/electrical/farm equipment

noun

The machinery, tools, etc. that you need to do a job

Usage examples:

What are the estimated start-up costs for real estate, construction, and equipment?, industrial mac…

noun

An item in addition to what is usual or strictly necessary.

Usage examples:

I had an education with all the extras

adjective

Added to an existing or usual amount or number; additional.

Usage examples:

They offered him an extra thirty-five cents an hour

adjective

Excessive or extravagant.

Usage examples:

‘crudité’ is so extra—just call it a snack

plural noun

Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.

Usage examples:

She collected her briefcase and other impedimenta

noun

An incidental expense, event, etc.

Usage examples:

An allowance to cover meals, taxis, and other incidentals

adjective

Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else.

Usage examples:

For the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental

adjective

Happening as a result of (an activity)

Usage examples:

The ordinary risks incidental to a fireman's job

noun

Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.

Usage examples:

Drills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for home improvements

noun

A collection of objects, esp. equipment needed for or connected with a particular activity

Usage examples:

Photography paraphernalia

noun

All the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity

Usage examples:

We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia., bags of cocaine and all sorts of dr…

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…

plural noun

The outward signs, features, or objects associated with a particular situation, role, or job.

Usage examples:

I had the trappings of success

plural noun

A horse's ornamental harness.

Usage examples:

It also includes used animal trappings such as harnesses, saddles, halters, reins, rope and chain.

plural noun

The possessions that are typical of a situation or symbols of a position

Usage examples:

He enjoyed all the trappings of wealth.