Meaning & use
bric-a-brac
A collection of small, decorative objects of little value, often displayed together on shelves.
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The antique shop was crowded with bric-a-brac like porcelain figurines and old tin boxes.
Grandma's mantelpiece was covered in bric-a-brac collected from decades of travel.
A note on using this word
Bric-a-brac is uncountable and always treated as singular, even though it refers to many small items.
Words with a similar meaning
knickknackstrinkets
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