oddments en · NOUN
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of oddment
form of oddment
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(plural, plural-only) A variety of miscellaneous things.
It was a terrific mess. On a table against a wall sat a television, a radio, and a computer, and upon every other available surface were scattered countless tools, wires, books and charts and notebooks, disconnected antennas, disassembled gadgets, and various other unrecognizable oddments.
2007, Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society, page 97:
Synonyms
rummage · Whitman's sampler · farrago · bric-a-brac · welter · smorgasbord · crazyquilt · pastiche · oddments · miscellanea · potpourri · disjecta membra · melange · hotchpot · anthology · horse and rabbit stew · bouillabaisse · macedoine · mixed bag · omnium-gatherum · mixture · cocktail · olla podrida · galimatias · slurry · motley · clamjamfrey · mingle-mangle · salmagundi · ragbag · olio · mishmash · catch-all · gallimaufry · jumble · odds and sods · odds and ends · gallery · hodgepodge · salad · grab bag · hotchpotch · hotchpotch · congeries · job lot · gatherum · miscellany · odds and ends · patchwork quilt · hodgepodge · medley
Translations (1)
ru вся́кая вся́чина (a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things)