assortment

Plural: assortments

Noun

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  • "a great assortment of cars was on display"
• the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
• A collection of varying but related items.

Examples

• The tool and die department stocks various hardware assortments, such as cap screws in most thread sizes and assorted lengths.
• This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

Synonyms

categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, Whitman's sampler, diversity

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