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jigsaw puzzles

jigsaw puzzles is the plural of jigsaw puzzle.

Meaning of jigsaw puzzle

Noun

jigsaw puzzle (plural jigsaw puzzles)

  1. A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.
  2. (crosswording) An alphabetical jigsaw; a crossword in which the clues are not numbered and the solver must work out where each solution fits in the grid.
    • The grid is designed so as to make this a genuine challenge: there are six words each of four to nine letters, and nothing longer – normally it’s the long lights that are the key to a jigsaw puzzle.2002 February 3, Watson, “Azed No 1550: ‘Jigsaw’”, in &lit

Questions about jigsaw puzzles

What is jigsaw puzzles the plural of?
Jigsaw puzzles is the plural of jigsaw puzzle.

Words near jigsaw puzzles in the dictionary

  1. jigsaw
  2. jigsaw identification
  3. jigsaw puzzle
  4. jigsaw puzzler
  5. jigsaw puzzlers
  6. jigsaw puzzles
  7. jigsawed
  8. jigsawing
  9. Jigsawland
  10. jigsawlike
  11. jigsawn

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