catch-all

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catch-all

noun catch-alls · catchall

Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought. If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door.
abbreviation, broadly, ellipsis Ellipsis of catch-all term

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noun used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things

Español	comodín, factótum
Français	attrape-tout, fourre-tout
Deutsch	Sammelplatz, Auffangbecken, Sammel-, Sammelbegriff (catchall phrase oder term), Sammelbecken

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@misc{catch_all_2026,
  title = {catch-all},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catch-all},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}