(n): the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
(n): a general inclusive concept
(n): an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
(n): an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
(n): the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
(n): (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
(n): one of a class of artifacts
My mother always bought her spools of threads and other sewing items in the Notions Department at Hochschild Kohn (a now-vanished Baltimore department store).
WeirdNET 7 is an fascinating definition. My mother has a room full of patchwork notions but I've never heard the word used this way.