English Dictionary

oddment

noun

A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth. / Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.

I found an oddment of fabric in the sewing room.

意味（1）

A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.

an oddment of ribbon / of wood

意味（2）

Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.

The Lahore Museum was larger, but here were more wonders—ghost-daggers and prayer-wheels from Tibet; […] gilt figures of Buddha and little portable lacquer alters; Russian samovars with turquoises on the lid; […] arms of all sorts and kinds, and a thousand other oddments were cased, or piled, or merely thrown into the room […]

意味（3）

(commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.

[…] she pushed me inside a shop that sold oddments and seconds.

意味（4）

(printing) A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).

意味（5）

A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.

Oh, I know for a fact that she’s loaned a fiver from the little oddment who has the floor under mine

意味（6）

A varied collection (of items).

[…] there are two or three tables, where are newspapers, and some of the latest periodicals and reviews, and a miscellaneous oddment of the current sacred and profane literature, stacked for convenience of reference […]

意味（7）

A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).

I’m your age treble [i.e. three times your age], with some oddments to’t,

意味（8）

Something strange or unusual.

How did he come to join the cavalry?

How did he come to join the cavalry? That was an oddment.