patchwork
Noun
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Noun
patchwork
- A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
- (figurative) 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.
- (derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
- Spanish: almazuela
patchwork (patchworks, present participle patchworking; past and past participle patchworked)
- To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
- To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
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