oddment

[ od-muh nt ]

/ ˈɒd mənt /

noun

an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like.

an article belonging to a broken or incomplete set.

Printing. any individual portion of a book excluding the text, as the frontispiece or index.

Nearby words

oddball, oddfellow, oddish, oddity, oddly, oddment, odds, odds and ends, odds and sods, odds are, the, odds-on

Origin of oddment

First recorded in 1790–1800; odd + -ment

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Examples from the Web for oddments

The upward course was an application of the principle that made the screen of tin cans and oddments remain about the Platform.
Space Tug|Murray Leinster
So we put our oddments in our pillow-case, rolled up our bedrooms into a convenient bundle and trekked.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914|Various
Farmer Appleby was taking two fine young horses to market, and some apples and other oddments to his sister Olive.
In the Days of the Guild|Louise Lamprey
Then the books and oddments will come to you, and the money will go to David.
Sonia Between two Worlds|Stephen McKenna

Sometimes dead leaves, pieces of rag and other oddments are woven into the fabric of the nest.
Glimpses of Indian Birds|Douglas Dewar

British Dictionary definitions for oddments

oddment

/ (ˈɒdmənt) /

noun

(often plural) an odd piece or thing; leftover

(plural) NZ pieces of wool, such as belly wool or neck wool, removed from a fleece and sold separately

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oddment

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Origin of oddment

Examples from the Web for oddments

British Dictionary definitions for oddments

oddment

noun