all-embracing

[awl-em-brey-sing]

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adjective

covering or applying to all; all-inclusive; blanket: an all-embracing definition.

Origin:
1820–30

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All-embracing is always a great word to know.

So is slumgullion. Does it mean:

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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all-embracing
adjective
broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

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