patchwork
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈpæʧˌwɜrk/
:
colcha de retales
- You sit back on the patchwork quilt of my childhood.
- patchwork quilt
They get stitched together like massive puzzles and create new patchwork fabrics.
- They get stitched together like massive puzzles and create new patchwork fabrics.
- This is this could very much be patchwork quilt if I'm not serious.
- An infinite patchwork with multiple, with multiple joinings.
- And so the money all went to make a wish and people were, you know, bringing like, weird coach bags with patchwork and stuff.
Examples
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The panels were grouped in various configurations throughout the exhibition space, resembling a vividly colored patchwork quilt.
Academic text (2006) -
A nice home-made patchwork quilt.
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Under constant guard, she composed songs expressing her love for her people and began making a patchwork quilt that told the story of her life.
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You could help others by making the patchwork quilt for the orphans if you wanted!
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Our house was kind of crazy looking, the patchwork quilt of our family's history.
Fiction book (2000) -
The cotton dresses reminded me of the "make-do" patchwork clothing my beautiful grandmother Ruth wore.
Blog text (34) -
I thought, perhaps, you'd like to stitch them together to make a patchwork quilt for the bazaar.
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She spent the afternoon sewing a vibrant patchwork quilt from scraps of fabric.
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The children eagerly gathered around to admire the colorful patchwork quilt displayed at the craft fair.
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Every piece of the patchwork quilt tells a story about our family's adventures throughout the years.
Synonyms
2
3.3
A bed cover made by sewing different pieces of cloth together
1
6.0
A bed cover made from many different small pieces of fabric sewn together
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Etymology
Patchwork comes from the parts patch ('a small piece of cloth') and work ('something made'). So a patchwork is cloth sewn from many different pieces, like a quilt.