JIGSAW


Meaning of JIGSAW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒɪgsɔ: ]

( jigsaws)

1.

A jigsaw or jigsaw puzzle is a picture on cardboard or wood that has been cut up into odd shapes. You have to make the picture again by putting the pieces together correctly.

= puzzle

N-COUNT

2.

You can describe a complicated situation as a jigsaw .

...the jigsaw of high-level diplomacy.

N-COUNT : usu sing , with supp

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