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zigsaw puzzle

zigsaw puzzle is the alternative form 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

Forms of zigsaw puzzle

pluralzigsaw puzzles

Questions about zigsaw puzzle

What is zigsaw puzzle the alternative form of?
Zigsaw puzzle is the alternative form of jigsaw puzzle.

Words near zigsaw puzzle in the dictionary

  1. Zigong
  2. zigrasite
  3. zigs
  4. zigs when one should zag
  5. zigsaw
  6. zigsaw puzzle
  7. zigsaw puzzles
  8. zigsaws
  9. Zigua
  10. Ziguan
  11. Zigui

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