paraphernalia
(sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
(used with a plural verb) personal belongings.
(used with a singular verb)Law. the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman.
Origin of paraphernalia
1Other words for paraphernalia
1 | appointments, appurtenances, accouterments, trappings |
2 | effects |
Other words from paraphernalia
- par·a·pher·na·lian, par·a·pher·nal [par-uh-fur-nl], /ˌpær əˈfɜr nl/, adjective
Words Nearby paraphernalia
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How to use paraphernalia in a sentence
From demonstrations and political paraphernalia on the podium to an athlete defecting at the Games, there’s been a marked increase in political activity in Tokyo over the past few days—but the Olympics have always been political.
Children have found needles and drug paraphernalia in the grass.
Inside the housing showdown in D.C.’s Ivy City, where kids have no place to play | Paul Schwartzman | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostLooking back at all the paraphernalia I've spent money on, I just shake my head and wish I'd known this 30 years ago when I started to grow a mustache.
Hints From Heloise: Treasured stuffed animals need a bath | Heloise Heloise | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostOur lab is physically just like an office that has nothing in it except for dog-related paraphernalia and some video cameras.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 22, 2020 | FreakonomicsCropped out of frame are the tangles of wires and extension cords, baskets of laundry to be folded, and growing pile of homeschooling paraphernalia kids accumulate.
I tell him about the Pleasure Chest--a Hollywood shop that sells sexual paraphernalia.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe conversation turned to Elvis when the Duchess mentioned her growing collection of Presley recordings and paraphernalia.
The Duchess Who Secretly Loved Elvis: Remembering Lunch with 'Debo,' The Last Mitford Sister | Lloyd Grove | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd this impression may be right…granted their children would have needed access to drugs and sex paraphernalia.
Miley Cyrus Channels Her Bad Year Into Rave-Kid Art | Justin Jones | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOffense V.a: Illegal possession or use of drugs and/or alcohol and/or drug paraphernalia.
Only its wall rifle display and rows of gun paraphernalia give it away.
A Visit to Sharpshooters, Where Aaron Alexis Bought His Shotgun | Miranda Green | September 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs all three seemed perfectly willing to let him have their listening paraphernalia, Darry refused.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseBut she told them all the helpful things she could about setting up the radio paraphernalia and rigging the wires.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThere was also a small scarlet-coated hunting costume and all the paraphernalia of the chase.
A Lady of Quality | Frances Hodgson BurnettThey carry the kit and camp paraphernalia for the men who go into the jungle sometimes for months.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonDunham shook his head as he bundled their paraphernalia out of the boat.
The Opened Shutters | Clara Louise Burnham
British Dictionary definitions for paraphernalia
/ (ˌpærəfəˈneɪlɪə) /
miscellaneous articles or equipment
law (formerly) articles of personal property given to a married woman by her husband before or during marriage and regarded in law as her possessions over which she has some measure of control
Origin of paraphernalia
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