whatnot

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English

A whatnot or etagere (3)

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Etymology

From what +‎ not.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɒt.nɒt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwʌt.nɑt/, /ˈʍʌt.nɑt/
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Noun

whatnot (plural whatnots)

  1. (countable) A small unspecified object; bric-a-brac (in plural).
    • 1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times‎:
      STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
  2. (uncountable) Other related objects or ideas.
    At the lexicography club, we welcome all discussion of words and whatnot.
    All of the cakes and whatnot have been laid out, ready for the children's birthday party this afternoon.
  • A freestanding set of shelves on which ornaments are displayed; an etagere.
    • 1923, Elizabeth Bowen, “The Lover”, in Encounters, page 119:
      Herbert […] made an elaborate inspection of the chimney-piece, the whatnot, the piano-top.

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