Thesaurus results for CATCHALL

catchall

noun

Definition of catchall

as in clutter

something that holds or includes many different things They used the drawer as a catchall for kitchen items.

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Recent Examples of catchall There are throw pillows in floral prints, cozy jacquard throw blankets, marble catchall dishes, faux fall floral arrangements and autumnal still life prints, among other picks exciting us ahead of the new season. — ABC News, 22 July 2026 Decoupage Seashell Trinket Trays Transform shells into decorative catchalls using decoupage techniques and dollar-store paper napkins. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026 Old books and vintage silver tea trays make wonderful risers or catchalls for jewelry, coins, and keys. — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 20 June 2026 This process can use what are known as catchall elements, which act as a wildcard in the event a lookup doesn’t match any other element in the set. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for catchall

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Noun

For shoppers ready to lock into one system, the format solves for waste, cost and countertop clutter at the same time.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Major League Soccer lives within the clutter of the most crowded sports market in the world.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of clutter

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Key Takeaways Pairing turmeric with black pepper or fat-containing fish oil may help the body absorb more curcumin, turmeric’s active compound.

— Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
The new analysis used the MagLab’s 21-tesla Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer, which can distinguish an enormous number of compounds within extremely complex mixtures.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of compound

Noun

Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.

— Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumble

Noun

Large projects consist of a spider’s web of deadlines, a mishmash of budgets, a cavalcade of different teams to organize and a litany of regulatory hurdles to clear.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
The upcoming edition of the adults-only event at Orlando Science Center will feature a mishmash of M words, from microgravity to mythbusting to music from the ’90s.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of mishmash

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The resulting hodgepodge of conditions make keeping track of 3,000 or so Cook County defendants on ankle monitors essentially impossible.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Friday afternoon brought entertainment on 11 stages, a tempting hodgepodge of aromas from 50-plus food vendors and street tents filled with offerings from 125-plus artists as Oakland County’s 28-year tradition kicked off the first of four days.

— Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of hodgepodge

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These monstrous masses are themselves dark, but their formidable gravity violently vacuums up gas and other nearby matter, generating rings of hot, swirling detritus that completely outshine the stars around them.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
The Avalanches are turning their fascination with the detritus of modern life into something unusually expansive.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of detritus

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