Patchwork - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpætʃwɜːrk|
Brit.
|ˈpætʃwɜːk|
noun
- a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas (syn: hodgepodge, jumble)
- a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
- sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern
- a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
- sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern
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The valley is a patchwork of family farms.
A patchwork of laws prevent the land from being developed.
The area was a patchwork of local industries.
...a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth...
The patchwork was pieced into unusual long hexagon shapes.
The text is a kind of patchwork of snippets.
You can make a patchwork quilt from oddments of silk and cotton.
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