patchwork Definition
patch·work (pac̸h′wʉrk′)
noun
- anything formed of irregular, incongruous, odd, or miscellaneous parts; jumble
- a quilt or other covering made of patches of cloth, etc. sewn together at their edges
- 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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