- oddment
- noun Date: 1796 1. a. something left over ; remnant b. plural odds and ends 2. something odd ; oddity
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Oddment — Odd ment, n. [Odd + ment.] An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oddment — index discard Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
oddment — odd‧ment [ˈɒdmənt ǁ ˈɑːd ] noun [countable usually plural] an object or piece of something that is left over from a larger set or piece, especially one that is being sold cheaply: • They were selling oddments of china from around £2 … Financial and business terms
oddment — ► NOUN ▪ an item or remnant from a larger piece or set … English terms dictionary
oddment — [äd′mənt] n. [ ODD + MENT] 1. any of various miscellaneous items 2. a scrap or remnant … English World dictionary
oddment — /od meuhnt/, n. 1. an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like. 2. an article belonging to a broken or incomplete set. 3. Print. any individual portion of a book excluding the text, as the frontispiece or index. [1790 1800; ODD + MENT] * * * … Universalium
oddment — noun a) Something left over, such as a piece of cloth; a remnant or offcut. b) Something unusual, an oddity … Wiktionary
oddment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scrap, shred, fragment; see bit 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Articles too small or numerous to be specified. Used in plural: etcetera (used in plural), odds and ends, sundries. See THING … English dictionary for students
oddment — [[t]ɒ̱dmənt[/t]] oddments N COUNT Oddments are unimportant objects of any kind, usually ones that are old or left over from a larger group of things. ...searching street markets for interesting jewellery and oddments. Syn: bit, scrap … English dictionary
oddment — É‘dmÉ™nt / É’d n. remnant; left over … English contemporary dictionary