catchall
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈkæʧˌɔl/
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receptáculo
- The project provides a catchall solution to the three main ways in which the Kurdish problem is framed by the Turkish majority.
- catchall category
- catchall phrase
- catchall term
Examples
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She uses a decorative bowl as a catchall to hold her keys, loose change, and other small belongings.
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Use one catchall segment to capture all of your social media traffic at once.
Blog text (4) -
Furthermore, it would be much easier to evaluate players based on one catchall number.
Blog text (30) -
Nevertheless, the term has become a catchall for both individual and institutional activities that connect the campus to the community.
Academic text (2006) -
For example, the county almshouse was a catchall institution for the poor of all ages.
Academic text (1992) -
And "cultist" is a great catchall term for anyone who fits into no other category.
Fiction book (2001) -
The diverse activities needed to respond to these expanded duties are widely referred to by the catchall phrase "corporate social responsibility."
Academic text (2008) -
When it was established in 1941, CANACINTRA was designated as a mixed-activity catchall chamber for new and emerging manufacturing sectors that lacked chambers of their own.
Academic text (2000) -
The basket serves as a catchall for all the miscellaneous items that accumulate in the house.
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In the workshop, the drawer is a catchall for tools, screws, and various odds and ends.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
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1.6
A room where you keep things you do not use often
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5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
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6.7
A place where things are kept safe for future use
A place where something stays or is kept, often for safety
How General
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Catchall comes from the words catch and all, literally meaning 'catch everything', like a net that takes anything that falls in. So a catchall is a box, drawer, or place where you gather many different small items.