Thesaurus results for CATCHALLS

catchalls

noun

plural of catchall

as in collages

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 catchalls Ceramic incense trays, which double as catchalls for jewelry or keys. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Long gone are the days when the best bathroom trays were little more than catchalls for soap dispensers and stray jewelry. — Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 24 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 The collection also features Italian espresso cups, a Murano ashtray, and leather catchalls, among other items. — Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Frequently incorporating African American women as her subjects, her paintings and collages center around race, femininity, and memory.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
Atkinson similarly makes collages, carefully weaving each phrase into the next to create unsettled atmospheres.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

Definition of collages

Noun

Drug repurposing gives biotechnology researchers another way to investigate diseases by starting with compounds medicine already knows.

— Emma Clapp, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Within the cells, electricity plates out pure elemental metals and selectively precipitates battery compounds like lithium carbonate.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of compounds

Noun

The past is not so much foreign as free, free to anyone who is willing to do the work, to enter the past with a spirit of curiosity and a willingness to conjure a living world out of the detritus that history leaves behind.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Still, even with Ellison’s $111 billion WBD takeover plan under threat from a state attorneys general antitrust suit, $4 million and change is sofa detritus to the son of Larry Ellison.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of detritus

Noun

Then come the notions and hardware, like earring posts, beads and crystal accents, that complete the transformation from fleeting flora to lasting adornment.

— Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
My novel The Rayburn Affair lays bare notions of friendship, rivalry, envy, authorship, and power.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of notions

Noun

Breakfast includes eggs, bacon and sausage, omelets, pancakes, waffles, and biscuits and gravy, while lunch expands into burgers, subs, seafood platters, salads and daily comfort-food specials.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
Passengers can shop for sandwiches, salads, kids meals, candy and even over-the-counter medicine.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of salads

Noun

In animals that have litters, such as rodents, dogs, cats, pigs and kangaroos, a dead fetus will be reabsorbed by the mother’s body to protect the rest of her offspring.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Ruffed lemurs typically birth multi-infant litters, unlike other primate species.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 July 2026

Definition of litters

Noun

Some pear varieties need a compatible second variety nearby for pollination, says Spoonemore, so always check the pollination requirements before buying one.

— Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 1 Sep. 2026
Over centuries, hundreds of thousands of varieties and cultivars have been bred from them, making the plant family one of the largest in the world.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026