PATCHWORK
\pˈat͡ʃwɜːk], \pˈatʃwɜːk], \p_ˈa_tʃ_w_ɜː_k]\
Definitions of PATCHWORK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.
By Oddity Software
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Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.
By Noah Webster.
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A fabric made of pieces of cloth sewed together, especially pieces of various colors; hence, a jumble; work carelessly done.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Fabric formed of patches; fragmentary work.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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