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oddments
noun as in leavings
noun as in leftover
noun as in odds and ends
Weak matches
- assortment
- bits
- bits and pieces
- debris
- etcetera
- hodgepodge
- jumble
- knickknacks
- leavings
- leftovers
- litter
- medley
- mélange
- melee
- miscellaneous paraphernalia
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- motley
- notions
- novelties
- olio
- particles
- patchwork
- potpourri
- rags
- refuse
- remainder
- remains
- remnants
- rest
- rubbish
- rummage
- scraps
- sundries
- sundry items
- this and that
noun as in scraps
Weak match
noun as in sundries
Strong matches
Example Sentences
So we put our oddments in our pillow-case, rolled up our bedrooms into a convenient bundle and trekked.
Shelves were chipped out at a moment's notice for primus stove, spirit bottle, matches, kerosene and other oddments.
He took off the lid and picked up three small oddments of ivory—a priest with a beard, a tiny soldier and a draught-ox.
But in the case of Joan the recollection of these twin “oddments” might have saved her disappointment.
I have made buttons and buckles galore from old oddments, using up different coloured beads in an inlaid fashion.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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