catch-all

catch-all

See also: catchall

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Vulgar Latin captus
Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.
Vulgar Latin -io
Vulgar Latin *captiāre
Old French chacierbor.
Anglo-Norman cachierbor.
Middle English cacchen
English catch
English -all
English catch-all

    From catch + -all.

    Noun

    catch-all (plural catch-alls)

    1. 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.
      The category was a catch-all for items that were not filed elsewhere.
      Cancer is a catch-all term that encompasses a wide variety of diseases.
    2. (by extension) Ellipsis of catch-all term.

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