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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
Use catch-all when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catch-all means Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door.
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