appurtenance
/əˈpəːt(ɪ)nəns
/noun (usually appurtenances)
An accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living: the appurtenances of consumer culture...
- For those of us not equipped with brass appurtenances, reducing investment risk is often a goal.
- The wall folds around necessary culinary appurtenances and exposes the kitchen to the rest of the living spaces.
- Or was it not possible that over the years I had acquired an understanding that the presence of a few bourgeois appurtenances in the backcountry wouldn't cause the planets to alter their orbits?
Synonyms
accessories, trappings, appendages, accoutrements, extras, additions, adjuncts, conveniences, incidentals;
equipment, paraphernalia, impedimenta, belongings, bits and pieces
informal things, stuff
Origin
Middle English: from Old French apertenance, based on late Latin appertinere 'belong to' (see appertain).