as in ornamental
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
shelves cluttered with tchotchkes from a lifetime of vacations
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Recent Examples of tchotchke
Your brain is less likely to settle down if your nightstand is overflowing with tchotchkes, books, and empty water glasses.
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Miranda Silva, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Friendship stores selling specialty foodstuffs, silks, and Maoist tchotchkes emerged to meet demand from both Chinese immigrants seeking familiar comforts and Americans fascinated by the exotic wares.
—Mark Tseng-Putterman / Made By History, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Designs tchotchkes, like key rings, for a car dealership.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Animals are also a common theme of spring, so bring out your cutest tchotchkes and knick-knacks as spring mantel decor.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2025
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Miranda Silva, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Friendship stores selling specialty foodstuffs, silks, and Maoist tchotchkes emerged to meet demand from both Chinese immigrants seeking familiar comforts and Americans fascinated by the exotic wares.
—Mark Tseng-Putterman / Made By History, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Designs tchotchkes, like key rings, for a car dealership.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Animals are also a common theme of spring, so bring out your cutest tchotchkes and knick-knacks as spring mantel decor.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tchotchke
Noun
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Companion plants for ornamentals such as hydrangeas are selected for aesthetic purposes.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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Multipurpose nasturtiums can be grown for their edible flowers and leaves, or enjoyed as pollinator-friendly ornamentals.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Purchases of food, drink, lanterns to launch on the lake and souvenirs require Wildbucks, scrip that can be bought on the grounds.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
9 Apr. 2025
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The beautiful bookshop boasts fiction and contemporary non-fiction but its speciality is really in higher-end fine art books (that would make for great Parisian souvenirs).—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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If that’s true, then sure, waste wall space in your kitchen for knickknacks.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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This backpack's interior is nicely organized with pen holders, a mesh pocket, and a few other slots for your knickknacks, plus a padded section for a 16-inch laptop.—
Adrienne So,
WIRED,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Distinguished by its lack of ornament, the building overlooks historic Michaelerplatz.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
25 Mar. 2025
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The ornaments were first in Spiegel’s catalog and offered wholesale to retailers Kress, Woolworth’s and Eagle’s throughout the country.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2025
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Words that foiled spellers included chrysal, athanor, cloxacillin, heliconius, torticollis, platylepadid and gewgaw, and at one point judges had to review a video replay to determine whether a speller said the letter I or Y.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
9 July 2021
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And how nice to see Cynthia Erivo — to really see the woman and not have her overwhelmed by an elaborate mishmash of ruffles and gewgaws.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2020
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“Tchotchke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tchotchke. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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