transcription, транскрипция: [ pætʃwɜ:(r)k ]
1.
A patchwork quilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns.
...beds covered in patchwork quilts.
ADJ : ADJ n
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Patchwork is also a noun.
For centuries, quilting and patchwork have been popular needlecrafts.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you refer to something as a patchwork , you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours.
The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown.
...this complex republic, a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities.
N-SING : oft N of n