How to pronounce whatnot
American English pronunciation
WAHT-not
- IPA
- /ˈwɑtˌnɑt/
- Syllables
- WAHT · not (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- WUT-not
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What whatnot means
Most people know whatnot in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A stand with open shelves for showing ornaments
In a sentence: Grandma kept her little china birds on the corner whatnot in the parlor.
Where it comes from: It joins what and not. The same word means odds and ends, and a whatnot holds all sorts of them.
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