catch-all

See also: catchall

English

Alternative forms

• catchall

Etymology

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.

Derived terms

• catch-allism
• catch-all party
• catch-all phrase
• catch-all term

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: (съд) за всякакви неща ((sǎd) za vsjakakvi nešta)
• French: attrape-tout (fr), fourre-tout (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Sammelplatz (de) m, Auffangbecken n, Sammel-, Sammelbegriff (catchall phrase oder term) m, Sammelbecken n