Paraphernalia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. Personal belongings.
  • noun-plural. The articles used in a particular activity; equipment: a photographer's paraphernalia. See Synonyms at equipment.
  • noun-plural. A married woman's personal property exclusive of her dowry, according to common law.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity; stuff.
  • n. Things a woman owns, apart from her dowry.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
  • noun-plural. Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience.
  • noun-plural. The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law, those personal articles which the common law recognized the right of a married woman to own and keep, notwithstanding the marital right of her husband to her personal property in general.
  • n. Personal ornaments or accessories of attire; trappings; equipments, especially such as are used on parade, or for ostentatious display, as the symbolic garments, ornaments, weapons, etc., used by freemasons or the like.
  • n. Miscellaneous possessions, as the numerous small conveniences of a traveler, small decorative objects, and the like.
  • n. Ornaments, or ornamental accessories, collectively.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    equipment   
    Hyponym
    outfit    rig    regalia    tackle    fishing rig    stable gear    rigging    fishing tackle    saddlery    fishing gear   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ornaments    finery   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Australia    Azalea    Bacchanalia    Sedalia    Thalia    azalea    bacchanalia    regalia    vidalia   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    trappings    implement    apparel    pomp    accessory    furnishings    attire    apparatus    finery    trinket