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Webster 1913 Edition
Patchwork
Patch′workˊ
,Noun.
Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly or clumsily composed; a thing patched up.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Patchwork
PATCH'WORK
,Noun.
1.
Work composed of pieces clumsily put together.Definition 2024
patchwork
patchwork
English
Noun
patchwork (countable and uncountable, plural patchworks)
- A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
- Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece.
- Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life.
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Translations
a work composed of many different colors and shapes
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any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece
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Verb
patchwork (third-person singular simple present patchworks, present participle patchworking, simple past and past participle patchworked)
- To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
- To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.