patchwork
patchwork noun: a work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
Noun
patchwork (countable and uncountable, plural patchworks)
- A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
- Any kind of creation that makes use of many different aspects to create one whole piece.
- Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life.
- Everything about China is super-sized: The five new parks, which in some cases stitched together an older patchwork of conservation zones, sprawl across more than 88,800 square miles of territory—a protected area more than 25 times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.2022 November 17, Paul Salopek, “A ‘Slow Storytelling’ Writing and Photography Workshop Boosts Conservation in China”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2022
- A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
- Present United States privacy law – despite being made up of a patchwork federal and state constitutional, statutory, and common law – is predominantly based on the ideals of individual control, autonomy, and liberty from governmental intrusion, despite the fact that its inspiration was an idea...2011, Bryce Clayton Newell, “Rethinking Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in Online Social Networks”, in Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, volume 17, number 4, page 5
- Proponents of an AI moratorium had argued that a patchwork of state and local AI laws is hindering progress in the AI industry and the ability of U.S. firms to compete with China.2025 July 1, Matt Brown and Matt O'Brien, “Senate strikes AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after uproar from the states”, in AP News
Verb
patchwork (third-person singular simple present patchworks, present participle patchworking, simple past and past participle patchworked)
patchwork meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
patchwork in Hindi
- पैचवर्क, पैचवर्किंग, पैचवर्क करना
patchwork in Tamil
- பேட்ச் வொர்க், பேட்ச்வொர்க்
patchwork in Marathi
- पॅचवर्क, पॅचवर्किंग, पेचवर्किंग
patchwork in Urdu
- patchwork
- پیچ کاری pec kārī
More languagesFewer languages
- patchwork in Bengali
- প্যাচওয়ার্ক, প্যাচওয়ার্কিং
- patchwork in Telugu
- ప్యాచ్ వర్క్, ప్యాచ్వర్క్, పాచ్ వర్క్
- patchwork in Malayalam
- മിശ്രിതം, മിശ്രണം, ചേരുവ, അവിയൽ
- patchwork in Kannada
- ತೇಪೆಕೆಲಸ, ತೇಪೆ ವಸ್ತು
- patchwork in Punjabi
- ਪੈਚਵਰਕ, ਪੈਚ ਵਰਕ, ਪੈਚਵਰਕਿੰਗ
- patchwork in Gujarati
- પેચવર્ક, પૅચવર્ક, પેચવર્કિંગ
- patchwork in Odia
- ପ୍ଯ଼ାଚ୍ୱାର୍କ, ପ୍ଯ଼ାଚ୍ୱର୍କ, ପ୍ଯ଼ାଚ୍ୱର୍କ୍
- patchwork in Nepali
- प्याचवर्क, प्याचवर्किङ, प्याचवर्किङ्ग
- patchwork in Persian
- چهلتکه čehel-tekke
Examples of patchwork in a sentence
- Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather.
- Today Qingshan district is a patchwork of tiny fields, polluted streams and roadside markets selling building materials.
- Some existing webliographies simply include a number of Web links that appear as “patchworks.”
Forms of patchwork
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | patchworks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | patchworks |
| present participle | patchworking |
| past participle | patchworked |
| past | patchworked |
Origin of patchwork
From patch + work.
Words formed from patchwork
Phrases with patchwork
Questions about patchwork
- What does patchwork mean?
- Patchwork means a work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
- What is patchwork in Hindi?
- Patchwork in Hindi is पैचवर्क, पैचवर्किंग, पैचवर्क करना. See Patchwork meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is patchwork?
- Patchwork can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of patchwork?
- The plural of patchwork is patchworks.
Words near patchwork in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: patchwork (page history and authors); patchwork (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patchwork (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patchwork (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); پیچ کاری (Urdu) (page history and authors); patchwork (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patchwork (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patchwork (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); patchwork (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patchwork (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patchwork (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patchwork (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patchwork (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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