Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catch-all

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables
catch-all
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought.

noun

Ellipsis of catch-all term.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch English -all English catch-all From catch + -all.

Inflected Forms

catch-alls (plural) catchall (alternative)

Phrases

catch-allism catch-all party catch-all phrase catch-all term catch-all word

Questions

What does catch-all mean?
Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought.
Where does catch-all come from?
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch English -all English catch-all From catch + -all.

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