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- [od-muh nt]
- /ˈɒd mənt/
- /ˈɒd.mənts/
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- [od-muh nt]
- /ˈɒd mənt/
Definitions of oddments word
- noun oddments an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like. 1
- noun oddments an article belonging to a broken or incomplete set. 1
- noun oddments Printing. any individual portion of a book excluding the text, as the frontispiece or index. 1
- noun oddments Plural form of oddment. 1
- noun plural oddments unimportant objects of any kind, usually ones that are old or left over from a larger group of things 0
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Origin of oddments
First appearance:
before 1790 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1790-1800; odd + -ment
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Parts of speech for Oddments
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
oddments popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
oddments usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for oddments
noun oddments
- odds and ends — miscellaneous items, matters, etc.
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- fragments — Plural form of fragment.
- odds and sods — small miscellaneous items
- knickknacks — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
Antonyms for oddments
noun oddments
- bases — Bases is the plural of base.
- cores — Plural form of core.
- properties — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
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