Catch-all definition

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.

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Alternative Form of catch-all - catchall

Origin of catch-all

Catch-all Sentence Examples

  • However, this is considered very uncivilized because it means he cannot be sure what code to write to catch all potential exceptions.

  • While it won't catch all litter, it will reduce how much is tracked out.

  • Climate change is a catch-all term that replaced global warming and includes more than human activity that many scientists claim to be responsible for greenhouse gases.

  • Herpes is the catch-all name for a group of viruses that infect people.

  • With the right home theater décor, the perfect spot to catch all of the latest flicks will be in your own home.

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