WHATNOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whatnot mean? 

• WHATNOT (noun)
  The noun WHATNOT has 1 sense:

1. miscellaneous curios

  Familiarity information: WHATNOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHATNOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Miscellaneous curios

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bric-a-brac; knickknack; knickknackery; nicknack; whatnot

Hypernyms ("whatnot" is a kind of...):

curio; curiosity; oddity; oddment; peculiarity; rarity (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)

 Context examples 

If she only had a servant or two it would be all right, said Amy, coming out of the parlor, where she had been trying to decide whether the bronze Mercury looked best on the whatnot or the mantlepiece.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)