Patchwork Definition

păchwûrk
noun
A quilt or other covering made of patches of cloth, etc. sewn together at their edges.
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Anything formed of irregular, incongruous, odd, or miscellaneous parts; jumble.
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Any design or surface like this.
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A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.

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Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece.

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verb
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
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To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.

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Other Word Forms of Patchwork

Noun

Singular:
patchwork
Plural:
patchworks

Patchwork Sentence Examples

  • Faust is a patchwork of many colours.

  • The constitution of 1851 was however chiefly a patchwork of compromises.

  • In this patchwork the joins are everywhere still clearly to be recognized.

  • 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.

  • Multicolored fields of grain and soy beans lay like a patchwork quilt for miles.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAT

Words Ending With

KRKORK

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patchwork

Words Starting With P and Ending With K

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With K