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n. Needlework consisting of varicolored patches of material sewn together, as in a quilt.

n. A collection of miscellaneous or incongruous parts; a jumble.

n. A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.

n. Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece.

v. To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric

v. To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together

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.

n. Work composed of pieces of various colors or figures sewed together, especially a combination of many small pieces of stuff, sewed together edge to edge, to form a curtain, bedspread, or the like.

n. Work composed of pieces clumsily put together; anything formed of ill-assorted parts.

n. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

n. sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern

n. a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together

"To describe existing federal policies and regulatory approaches on obesity as a patchwork is an insult to quilts everywhere."

patchworked    patchworks   

theory    sewing    stitchery   

patchy   

quilted    woolen    plaid    multicolored    tattered    silken    calico    threadbare    tartan    deerskin