oddment
Other forms: oddments
Oddments are leftover bits or pieces of something larger. Those fabric scraps you're stitching together into a quilt are oddments.
You might refer to oddments as "odds and ends," or "remnants." After constructing a desk out of pine, you might use the oddments to make a wooden picture frame. And once you're finished cutting out biscuits, don't throw away the oddments of dough — you can bake those too!This noun can also be used for quirky collectibles, like the oddments your grandparents keep in their china cabinet.
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a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or soldtypes:fag endthe frayed end of a length of cloth or ropetype of:
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something unusual, maybe worthy of collectingsynonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, raritytypes:collectable, collectiblethings considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiecethe outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collectionrariora(plural) rare collector's itemstype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing oddment
In 19th-century Atlanta, Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid while secretly penning a controversial advice column and attempting to learn the truth about her past.
During World War II, ten-year-old Ada and her brother are sent from London to the countryside, where Ada experiences freedom and kindness for the first time.
In the first volume of the beloved Chronicles of Prydain series, an assistant pig-keeper embarks on an epic quest.