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Chinese puzzle

Chinese puzzle noun: a kind of puzzle made of interlocking pieces that must be disassembled and reassembled.

Noun

Chinese puzzle (plural Chinese puzzles)

  1. A kind of puzzle made of interlocking pieces that must be disassembled and reassembled.
    • The Consul carried another drink with Yvonne’s letters into an inner room, one of the boxes in the Chinese puzzle.1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 343
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) A senseless situation.

Forms of Chinese puzzle

pluralChinese puzzles

Questions about Chinese puzzle

What does Chinese puzzle mean?
Chinese puzzle means a kind of puzzle made of interlocking pieces that must be disassembled and reassembled.
What part of speech is Chinese puzzle?
Chinese puzzle is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinese puzzle?
The plural of Chinese puzzle is Chinese puzzles.

Words near Chinese puzzle in the dictionary

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  3. Chinese pug
  4. Chinese pugs
  5. Chinese purple
  6. Chinese puzzle
  7. Chinese puzzles
  8. Chinese quince
  9. Chinese quinces
  10. Chinese radish
  11. Chinese radishes

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