PATCHWORK


Meaning of PATCHWORK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpach-ˌwərk ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Date: 1692

1. : something composed of miscellaneous or incongruous parts : hodgepodge

2. : pieces of cloth of various colors and shapes sewn together to form a covering ; also : something resembling such a covering

a patchwork of fields

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.