catch-all

See also: catchall

English

Alternative forms

catchall

Etymology

catch +‎ all

Noun

catch-all (plural catch-alls)

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

German: Sammelplatz (de) m, Auffangbecken n, Sammel-, Sammelbegriff (catchall phrase oder term) m, Sammelbecken n

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