Patchwork

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patchwork \Patch"work`\, n.
     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 or
     clumsily composed; a thing patched up. --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  patchwork
       n 1: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
            ideas [syn: {hodgepodge}, {jumble}]
       2: a quilt made by sew patches of different materials together
          [syn: {patchwork quilt}]
       3: sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn
          together in a pattern

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "patchwork":
     all sorts, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, check, checker,
     checkerboard, checkerwork, chessboard, colors in patches,
     confusion, conglomeration, crazy quilt, crazy-work, gallimaufry,
     harlequin, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, magpie,
     marquetry, mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany,
     mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mosaic, odds and ends, olio,
     olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, parquet, parquetry, pasticcio,
     pastiche, plaid, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble,
     stew, tartan, tessellation, tesserae, variegated pattern,
     what you will