bric-a-brac
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8.7
- noun
- /ˌbrɪkəˈbræk/
:
chucherías
- At the flea market, I found a beautiful collection of bric-a-brac from various countries.
- antique bric-a-brac
- cluttered with bric-a-brac
- lots of bric-a-brac
Examples
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Here are more palms and ferns, rich European fittings, and Eastern bric-a-brac.
Blog text (22) -
Miranda's partner said they spent $2 million on all the couches, chandeliers, and bric-a-brac.
Blog text (8) -
We were thankful for its decorative bric-a-brac, but that was it.
Academic text (2008) -
You'd be even more cozy if you kept all this bric-a-brac up there with you.
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We sit in his spacious living room filled with the bric-a-brac and mementos of a marathon, illustrious musical career.
Fiction book (2001) -
A wall of bookcases, plants on the windowsills, a Colonial dry sink which served as a bar, bric-a-brac he'd gathered on trips abroad, good paintings.
Fiction book (1991) -
Martin Gaite portrays cramped interiors composed of small rooms jammed with furniture and bric-a-brac.
Academic text (1997) -
Her wraps were removed, and she was shown into a very feminine parlor displaying every kind of bric-a-brac, where a cheery coal fire blazed a welcome.
Fiction book (1990) -
The small table was filled with bric-a-brac like antique figurines and colorful trinkets.
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Her shelf was adorned with bric-a-brac, including vintage postcards and handmade pottery.
Synonyms
16
4.2
A small cheap object people keep to decorate a home
11
6.7
A small, cheap piece of jewelry worn for decoration
1
9.9
A small decorative object like a tiny ornament kept for its beauty rather than for use
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7.6
A small shelf or stand that holds little decorations
A small object kept for decoration rather than use
A group of small pretty objects like ornaments or souvenirs
Cheap objects that look nice but have little value
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bric-a-brac comes from a French phrase bric-à-brac, which meant a 'mixed pile of small things', so picture a crowded shelf of little objects. So bric-a-brac today means small decorative objects or 'knick-knacks' you keep for their charm rather than for use.