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patchwork

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patch·work  (pchwûrk)
n.
1. Needlework consisting of varicolored patches of material sewn together, as in a quilt.
2. A collection of miscellaneous or incongruous parts; a jumble.
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patchwork
detail of a patchwork quilt
patchwork
Noun
1. needlework done by sewing together pieces of different materials
2. something made up of various parts
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.patchwork - a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
hodgepodge, jumble
theory - a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
2.patchworkpatchwork - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
patchwork quilt
crazy quilt - a patchwork quilt without a design
quilt, comforter, puff, comfort - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
3.patchwork - sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern
stitchery, sewing - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"
patchwork
noun mixture, confusion, jumble, medley, hash, pastiche, mishmash, hotchpotch
Translations
patchwork [ˈpætʃwəːk] n → labor f de retales
patchwork [ˈpætʃwəːk] n → patchwork m
patchwork [ˈpætʃwəːk] patch n (Sewing) → Patchwork nt
patchwork [ˈpætʃwəːk] n → patchwork m


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Now, get out your patchwork and have your square done before teatime.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
The counterpane was of patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored squares and triangles; and this arm of his tattooed all over with an interminable Cretan labyrinth of a figure, no two parts of which were of one precise shade --owing I suppose to his keeping his arm at sea unmethodically in sun and shade, his shirt sleeves irregularly rolled up at various times --this same arm of his, I say, looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Mitenka's wife and sisters-in-law thrust their heads and frightened faces out of the door of a room where a bright samovar was boiling and where the steward's high bedstead stood with its patchwork quilt.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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