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patchwork Definition

patch·work (pac̸hwʉrk′)

noun

  1. anything formed of irregular, incongruous, odd, or miscellaneous parts; jumble
  2. a quilt or other covering made of patches of cloth, etc. sewn together at their edges
  3. any design or surface like this

patchwork Synonyms

patchwork

n.

patchwork Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • pasture: Small scale patchwork of improved pasture with scrub encroachment.
  • meadow: The valley, which was once farmed, is a patchwork of meadows and hedges, linked by a network of paths.
  • habitat: The seabed environment may consist of a patchwork of discrete habitats.
  • woodland: Distant views are a patchwork of woodland and pasture.
  • field: You're sitting at the edge of the plane's open doorway, looking out over the patchwork of fields below.
  • color: It will soon be in flower with its distinctive bright yellow petals making a patchwork of color in the countryside.

Converse of object

  • replace: We will replace this patchwork with a single scheme with a single board with harmonized administrative arrangements.
  • create: The aim was to create a patchwork of layers without adjoining gaps.
  • form: Fields form an even, geometric patchwork over the drumlins, becoming irregular in shape on the flatter land in between.
  • make: Cloud Atlas is like a literary patchwork made of almost random bits of paintings from the Tate Modern.

Adjective modifier

  • rich: A rich patchwork of classic Fela sounds that make the feet dance but with an added gritty something.
  • existing: We need to comply with the underlying spirit of privacy and justice in the existing unsatisfactory patchwork of legislation.
  • current: The current patchwork of national systems for patenting innovations is also an issue, Vanhanen said.

Modifies a noun

  • quilt: Music covered Hitchin like a patchwork quilt over the weekend.
  • elephant: Elmer the patchwork elephant has a busy day ahead of him.
  • field: Here you can still find that unique pattern of patchwork fields, once common across much of England.
  • landscape: The patchwork landscape is mostly heather clad grouse moor with ancient woods and forestry plantations.
  • pattern: Patchwork patterns were drawn by visitors, from around the museum, to make their own mark on a huge garment.
  • policy: A panacea care needs to quot patchwork policies had medicare part.

Noun used with modifier

quot: Quot we still analysis of foreign-born quot patchwork policies.

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