Word for odds and ends

Other forms: whatnots

Whatnot is another word for odds and ends. Whatnot also means etcetera, so it often comes at the end of a list. On top of a dresser, there might be souvenirs, snow globes, a collection of porcelain pigs, and whatnot.

Whatnot has always referred to knickknacks, but a whatnot used to be the name of the shelves to put those knickknacks on. Whatnot can also be the little doodads themselves. You can use this word to indicate additional things of any kind that you don’t feel like naming. At the zoo, you might see lions, zebras, giraffes, and whatnot. In those cases, whatnot means a bunch of other stuff that’s like the stuff mentioned.

Definitions of whatnot

  1. noun

    miscellaneous curios

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odds and ends

An assortment of small, miscellaneous items, especially those that are not especially important or valuable. I can never find what I need amongst all the odds and ends in this drawer! I wish the house weren’t so cluttered up with odds and ends.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

odds and ends

miscellaneous things. There were lots of odds and ends in the attic, but nothing of real value. I had the whole house cleaned out except for a few odds and ends that you might want to keep.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

odds and ends

Miscellaneous items, fragments and remnants, as in I’ve finished putting everything away, except for a few odds and ends. This expression may have originated as odd ends in the mid-1500s, meaning «short leftovers of some material» (such as lumber or cloth). It had acquired its present form and meaning by the mid-1700s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

odds and ends

miscellaneous articles and remnants.

A racier alternative formulation is odds and sods .

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

odds and ˈends

(British English also odds and ˈsods) (informal) small items that are not valuable or are not part of a larger set: She’s got all kinds of interesting odds and ends on her desk.I’ve got a few odds and ends (= small jobs) to do before leaving.

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

odds and ends

Fragments and remnants; a miscellaneous collection. This term may have originated as odd ends, meaning short leftovers from bolts of cloth. It was transferred to miscellany of other kinds by the mid-sixteenth century, and by the mid-eighteenth century it had become the modern cliché.

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer

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  • odds and sods
  • old enough to be (one’s) mother
  • old enough to be mother
  • not (all) that good/bad/well/poor/etc.
  • not all that good, well, etc.
  • hope (something) sticks
  • hope that (something) sticks
  • one’s sunset years
  • sunset years
  • rumble on

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  • 1
    odds and ends

     остатки, обрезки, разные мелочи

    The tailor made a suit for the boy out of the odds and ends of the cloth.

    English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > odds and ends

  • 2
    odds and ends

    odds and ends остатки; обрезки; обрывки; хлам; случайные предметы, всякаявсячина

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > odds and ends

  • 3
    odds and ends

    разрозненные предметы, всякая всячина; остатки; обрезки, обрывки, клочки, кусочки

    I’ve just remembered that I told the servants they might go out to-night, there’s a circus at Blackstable; and I said we’d just eat up the odds and ends. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Mrs. Craddock’, ch. XXXIV) — Я только что вспомнила, что отпустила слуг сегодня вечером, так как в Блэкстейбл приехал цирк. Я сказала им, что мы доедим остатки вчерашнего обеда.

    He could sometimes be found in the humblest auction rooms, ready to bid up to half a crown for the odds and ends. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. IV) — Его можно было встретить иногда на самых жалких аукционах, где он покупал за полкроны какой-нибудь хлам.

    During the winter he read to her all of the odds and ends of thoughts he had scribbled on the bits of paper. (Sh. Anderson, ‘Winesburg, Ohio’, ‘Paper Pills’) — В течение зимы доктор читал ей обрывки мыслей, которые царапал на клочках бумаги.

    There were only a few odds and ends to stow in a suitcase when they went back to the studio after dinner that evening. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XVII) — Пообедав в гостинице, сестры к вечеру вернулись в студию; оставалось запаковать кое-какие мелочи.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > odds and ends

  • 4
    odds and ends

    1. остатки; обрезки; обрывки; осколки

    2. разрозненные вещи; хлам

    3. разные дела; обязанности, занятия

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. miscellanies (noun) assortments; brews; hashes; jumbles; medleys; melanges; melees; miscellanies; mishmashes; mixed bags; motleys; pastiches; patchworks; porridges; potpourris; salads; salmagundis; smorgasbords; stews

    2. miscellany (noun) assortment; brew; chowchow; colluvies; gallimaufry; hash; jumble; medley; melange; melee; mingle-mangle; miscellany; mishmash; mixed bag; motley; olio; olla podrida; omnium-gatherum; pasticcio; pastiche; patchwork; porridge; potpourri; rumble-bumble; salad; salmagundi; smorgasbord; stew

    3. rummage (noun) frippery; hand-me-downs; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; knick-knacks; old clothes; rummage; scraps; thrift store stuff

    4. sundries (noun) etceteras; oddments; sundries; this and that; this and thats

    English-Russian base dictionary > odds and ends

  • 5
    odds and ends

       paзpoзнeнныe пpeдмeты, вcякaя вcячинa; ocтaтки; oбpeзки, oбpывки, клoчки, куcoчки [

    пepвoнaч.

    odd ends]

    I’ve just remembered that I told the servants they might go out tonight. There’s a circus at Blackstable, and I said we’d just eat up the odds and ends (W. S. Maugham). During the winter he read to her all of the odds and ends of thoughts he had scribbled on the bits of paper (Sh. Anderson). There were only a few odds and ends to stow in a suitcase when they went back to the studio after dinner that evening (K. S. Prichard)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > odds and ends

  • 6
    odds and ends

    [͵ɒdzəndʹendz]

    1. остатки; обрезки; обрывки; осколки

    2. разрозненные вещи; хлам

    odds and ends found lying around the attic — всякий хлам, валявшийся на чердаке

    3. разные дела; обязанности, занятия

    we still have a few odds and ends to settle — нам ещё нужно уладить некоторые дела

    НБАРС > odds and ends

  • 7
    odds and ends

    1. ненужные детали

    Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > odds and ends

  • 8
    odds and ends

    всякая всячина

    In the drawer I found a candle, a bicycle bell, a broken watch and other odds and ends.

    Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > odds and ends

  • 9
    odds and ends

    a variety of small unimportant things or leftovers
    мелочи, остатки, обрезки

    I needed to buy some odds and ends for the kitchen.

    English-Russian mini useful dictionary > odds and ends

  • 10
    odds and ends

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  • 11
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    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > odds and ends

  • 12
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    Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > odds and ends

  • 13
    odds and ends

    ненужные детали или части, лом

    * * *

    Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > odds and ends

  • 14
    odds and ends

    [ˌɒdzənd’endz]

    2) Разговорное выражение: фигня

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > odds and ends

  • 15
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  • 16
    odds and ends

    [`ɔdzənd`endz]

    остатки; обрезки; обрывки; осколки; хлам; случайные предметы, всякая всячина

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > odds and ends

  • 17
    odds and ends

    остатки, всякая всячина, обрезки, случайные предметы, осколки, обрывки, хлам

    Новый англо-русский словарь > odds and ends

  • 18
    odds and ends

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  • 19
    odds and ends

    [ˌɔdzənd’endz]

    остатки; обрезки; обрывки; осколки; хлам; случайные предметы, всякая всячина

    Англо-русский современный словарь > odds and ends

  • 20
    odds and ends

    остатки; обрывки; обрезки; разрозненные вещи

    English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > odds and ends

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См. также в других словарях:

  • Odds and ends — Odds Odds ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. The odds are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • odds and ends — {n. phr.} Miscellaneous items; remnants. * /After the great annual clearance sale there were only a few odds and ends left in the store./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • odds and ends — {n. phr.} Miscellaneous items; remnants. * /After the great annual clearance sale there were only a few odds and ends left in the store./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • odds and ends —    Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Odds and ends are small articles, or bits and pieces of all sorts, usually of little value.     I keep my odds and ends in… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • odds and ends — also .odds and sods BrE informal n [plural] small things of various kinds without much value ▪ He didn t keep much in his desk just a few odds and ends …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • odds and ends — are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • odds and ends — noun plural small things that are all different and not valuable or important: a drawer full of odds and ends …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Odds and ends —   Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • odds and ends — [n] miscellaneous paraphernalia assortment, bits, bits and pieces*, debris, etcetera*, hodgepodge, jumble, leavings, litter, medley, mélange, melee, miscellany, motley, oddments, olio, particles, potpourri, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage,… …   New thesaurus

  • odds and ends — odds′ and ends′ n. pl. 1) miscellaneous items, matters, etc 2) fragments; remnants; scraps; bits • Etymology: 1740–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • odds and ends — ► odds and ends miscellaneous articles or remnants. Main Entry: ↑odd …   English terms dictionary

What is another word for odds and ends?

219 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˈɒdz and ˈɛndz], [ ˈɒdz and ˈɛndz], [ ˈɒ_d_z a_n_d ˈɛ_n_d_z]

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  • n.

    • detail,
    • inessentials,
    • irrelevance,
    • trivia,
    • stuff,
    • non-issue,
    • dead wood,
    • Minutiae,
    • adjunct,
    • nothing.

    • sundries.

    farrago (noun)

    • farrago.

    flotsam (noun)

    • jetsam,
    • castoffs,
    • sea-drift.

    garbage (noun)

    • bits piece,
    • bits and piece,
    • de brises,
    • de-brises,
    • de-bris,
    • drecks,
    • bits pieces,
    • de bris.

    hodgepodge (noun)

    • hodgepodge.

    hotchpotch (noun)

    • hotchpotch.

    melange (noun)

    • melange.

    mingle-mangle (noun)

    • mingle-mangle.

    miscellaneous grouping (noun)

    • medley,
    • rubbish,
    • knickknacks,
    • notions,
    • particles,
    • remnants,
    • Leavings,
    • oddments,
    • litter,
    • refuse,
    • novelties,
    • leftovers,
    • rummage,
    • sundry items,
    • patchwork,
    • bits,
    • remains,
    • Olio,
    • this and that,
    • debris,
    • mishmash,
    • miscellaneous paraphernalia,
    • melee,
    • jumble,
    • rags.

    miscellany (noun)

    • combo,
    • Collectanea,
    • Pasticcio,
    • combos,
    • Gallimaufry,
    • salad.

    mixed bag (noun)

    • montage,
    • montages,
    • all sorts.

    odds and ends (noun)

    • ragbag,
    • omnium-gatherum.

    Other relevant words: (noun)

    • miscellanea,
    • remnant,
    • scrapings,
    • dross,
    • thing,
    • rest,
    • leftover,
    • salmagundi,
    • miscellany,
    • Mouthfuls,
    • smithereens,
    • oddment,
    • assortment,
    • scraps,
    • remainder,
    • carryovers,
    • scourings,
    • cuttings,
    • residuals,
    • flotsam,
    • residuum,
    • scrap,
    • end piece,
    • residua,
    • bottom of barrel,
    • carry over,
    • motley,
    • dreck,
    • castoff,
    • carry-over,
    • Survivors,
    • smithereen,
    • mixed bag,
    • garbage,
    • smorgasbord,
    • survivor,
    • personals,
    • variety,
    • mixture,
    • trash,
    • Sweepings,
    • hangover,
    • carryover,
    • shavings,
    • bits and pieces,
    • potpourri,
    • overplus.

    remainder (noun)

    • carry-overs,
    • ex-cesses,
    • re fuse,
    • re-mains,
    • overpluses,
    • re fuses,
    • re-fuse,
    • re main,
    • ex-cess,
    • re mains,
    • ex cess,
    • carry overs,
    • re-main,
    • bottom barrel.

    remains (noun)

    • leave.

    remnant (noun)

    • end pieces.

    rest (noun)

    • residum,
    • others.

    scrap (noun)

    • dis-card,
    • dis cards,
    • dis-cards,
    • dis card.

    thing/things (noun)

    • be-longings,
    • be longings.
  • Other synonyms:

    • incidentals,
    • etcetera.

    Other relevant words:

    • odds.

    Other relevant words (noun):

    • end,
    • trace,
    • shadow,
    • overage,
    • sawdust,
    • residue,
    • ruin,
    • odds and sods,
    • ruins,
    • rubble,
    • straw,
    • chaff,
    • afterimage,
    • Mux,
    • knick-knacks,
    • clutter,
    • scouring,
    • chowchow,
    • vestige,
    • knickknack,
    • surplus,
    • assemblage,
    • scramble,
    • mix-up,
    • traces,
    • rejects,
    • cosmetics,
    • stubble,
    • paring,
    • butt,
    • junk,
    • excess,
    • conglomerate,
    • vestiges,
    • magpie,
    • olla-podrida,
    • fossil,
    • mix,
    • Orts,
    • Hotchpot,
    • shreds,
    • conglomeration,
    • stew,
    • goods,
    • balance,
    • fragments,
    • lumber,
    • survival,
    • merchandise,
    • rag,
    • detritus,
    • stump,
    • Commodities,
    • remain,
    • truck,
    • Filings,
    • pastiche,
    • superfluity,
    • relics,
    • waste,
    • afterglow,
    • parings,
    • husk,
    • mash,
    • rhapsody,
    • wares,
    • giftware,
    • husks,
    • holdover,
    • shaving,
    • toiletries,
    • rump,
    • candle ends,
    • offscourings,
    • roach,
    • snippets,
    • sauce,
    • crumbs,
    • hash,
    • gubbins,
    • mess,
    • stock.

How to use «Odds and ends» in context?

There are a million things one could write about when it comes to odds and ends, but here are a few random thoughts to get you thinking: — A penny saved is a penny earned. — Always wear a helmet when bike riding. — It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove. — Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.

You get the idea. These are just a few off the top of my head, but the point is to generate some sparking ideas of your own about odds and ends you think others might find interesting.

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Synonyms:
abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.

Nearby words

  • oddments
  • oddness
  • oddnesses
  • oddone colonna
  • odds
  • Odds and ends
  • (oh,) what a shame
  • (oneself to)
  • …only to do something
  • …or bust
  • …or something (like that)

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as in novelties

small useful items

she’s always searching among the odds and ends in the drawer for some tool that she needs

2

as in rest

a remaining group or portion

almost all of the piece of leather will be needed for upholstering the chair, so just throw away any odds and ends


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Thesaurus Entries Near odds and ends

odds

odds and ends

oddsmaker

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“Odds and ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odds%20and%20ends. Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.

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Merriam-Webster unabridged

Odds and ends is a plural noun idiom that has existed in English since the mid-1700s with origins as far back as the 14th century.

Meaning of Idiom ‘Odds and Ends’

Odds and ends refer to miscellaneous small items, remnants, and unused objects of no particular value. It has the same meaning as “bits and bobs” or “bits and pieces” and refers to a random assortment of unimportant pieces or small things. Any miscellaneous collection of little value. The expression is sometimes used to refer to chores as well.

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Examples Of Use

“Ben loves making things out of the odds and ends he finds in his workshop.”

“I’d like to go out this weekend, but I have few odds and ends to take care of around the house.”

“I finally finished packing for the big move, except for a few odds and ends.”

“My mother used to piece together odds and ends to make our clothes.”

“I keep a lot of odds and ends in this drawer but most of it I never use.”

Origin

Odds and ends probably derived from an earlier term from the mid-1500s, odd ends, referring to short leftovers from bolts of cloth and then later to short leftovers of any material, such as “odd ends of chain” or “odd ends of lumber.” By the mid-1700’s it had morphed into ‘odds and ends’ and become more generalized, acquiring its present meaning.  1Ammer, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

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