Patchwork
noun
Something made by sewing various different materials, often in squares, together.
She made a colourful patchwork quilt for her bed.
Often appears as...
- patchwork quilt
- patchwork pattern
noun
A mixture or combination of different things.
The city is a patchwork of different architectural styles.
Often appears as...
- patchwork of cultures
- patchwork of ideas
adjective
Made or composed of various different elements or parts.
His knowledge is patchwork, gathered from various sources.
Often appears as...
- patchwork knowledge
- patchwork system
noun
Something made by sewing various different materials, often in squares, together.
She made a colourful patchwork quilt for her bed.
Often appears as...
- patchwork quilt
- patchwork pattern
noun
A mixture or combination of different things.
The city is a patchwork of different architectural styles.
Often appears as...
- patchwork of cultures
- patchwork of ideas
adjective
Made or composed of various different elements or parts.
His knowledge is patchwork, gathered from various sources.
Often appears as...
- patchwork knowledge
- patchwork system
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Craft Connection
Patchwork originally refers to needlework, creating a narrative of care and tradition in handmade crafts.
Grandma's patchwork cushions carry stories from her past.
Pro Tip 2/3Visually Diverse
Patchwork implies visual diversity, often colorful and with distinct patterns or textures.
The curtains were a lively patchwork of floral and geometric shapes.
Pro Tip 3/3Homemade Aesthetic
Items described as 'patchwork' often carry a homemade or rustic aesthetic, evoking nostalgia.
Her cozy bedroom featured a handmade patchwork rug.
Pro Tip 1/3Craft Connection
Patchwork originally refers to needlework, creating a narrative of care and tradition in handmade crafts.
Grandma's patchwork cushions carry stories from her past.
Pro Tip 2/3Visually Diverse
Patchwork implies visual diversity, often colorful and with distinct patterns or textures.
The curtains were a lively patchwork of floral and geometric shapes.
Pro Tip 3/3Homemade Aesthetic
Items described as 'patchwork' often carry a homemade or rustic aesthetic, evoking nostalgia.
Her cozy bedroom featured a handmade patchwork rug.
Pro Tip 1/3Craft Connection
Patchwork originally refers to needlework, creating a narrative of care and tradition in handmade crafts.
Grandma's patchwork cushions carry stories from her past.
Pro Tip 2/3Visually Diverse
Patchwork implies visual diversity, often colorful and with distinct patterns or textures.
The curtains were a lively patchwork of floral and geometric shapes.
Pro Tip 3/3Homemade Aesthetic
Items described as 'patchwork' often carry a homemade or rustic aesthetic, evoking nostalgia.
Her cozy bedroom featured a handmade patchwork rug.
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The new American Dream PIPE...
We should work like our mothers. That's right -- we've spent decades trying to fit women into a work world built for company men. And many have done backbends to fit in, but others have carved a more unconventional path, creating a patchwork of meaning and money
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Africa’s Pristine Delta...
is an oasis in the middle of the Kalahari Desert a sanctuary for the incredible wildlife and biodiversity of this region a vast patchwork mosaic of channels floodplains lagoons and thousands upon thousands of islands here you can find the abundance of life all
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The biology of gender,...
They're finding that the brain is like a patchwork mosaic -- a mixture. Women have mostly female patches and a few male patches. With all this new data, what does it mean to be a woman? This is something that I've been thinking about almost my entire life.
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Why wildfires have...
And there was so much power in this patchwork. It provided a natural mechanism to resist the spread of future fires across the landscape. Once a patch of forest burned, it helped to prevent the flow of fire across the landscape.
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
the last great pandemic? The federal government abdicated most responsibility. And so we ended up with this wild patchwork of regulations all over America. Every city, county, state did their own thing. And the rules
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The dark history of the...
Under constant guard, she composed songs expressing her love for her people and began making a patchwork quilt that told the story of her life. While she was only allowed news that had been reviewed by her jailers,
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Grouse Chicks Die from...
it's May and Graham's burning has created a good patchwork of different aged Heather for cover and food the Grouse have been nesting and he's hoping there'll be lots of baby chicks
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Going Inside MEGA Rehab...
facility is undoubtedly a good thing especially when compared to the violent alternatives but on the other it's a patchwork solution it's it's a band-aid and they said as much
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Gun violence as told by...
answer is gonna lie in a patchwork of solutions it's not gonna please everybody but you know what saving just one life is better than saving none thank you
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Peek Inside the Strange,...
unchanged for a thousand years ancient life still clings to an old world this patchwork of habitats provides a stronghold for creatures of a bygone age
Video examples
The new American Dream PIPE...
We should work like our mothers. That's right -- we've spent decades trying to fit women into a work world built for company men. And many have done backbends to fit in, but others have carved a more unconventional path, creating a patchwork of meaning and money
Video examples
Africa’s Pristine Delta...
is an oasis in the middle of the Kalahari Desert a sanctuary for the incredible wildlife and biodiversity of this region a vast patchwork mosaic of channels floodplains lagoons and thousands upon thousands of islands here you can find the abundance of life all
Video examples
The biology of gender,...
They're finding that the brain is like a patchwork mosaic -- a mixture. Women have mostly female patches and a few male patches. With all this new data, what does it mean to be a woman? This is something that I've been thinking about almost my entire life.
Video examples
Why wildfires have...
And there was so much power in this patchwork. It provided a natural mechanism to resist the spread of future fires across the landscape. Once a patch of forest burned, it helped to prevent the flow of fire across the landscape.
Video examples
Laurie Garrett: What can...
the last great pandemic? The federal government abdicated most responsibility. And so we ended up with this wild patchwork of regulations all over America. Every city, county, state did their own thing. And the rules
Video examples
The dark history of the...
Under constant guard, she composed songs expressing her love for her people and began making a patchwork quilt that told the story of her life. While she was only allowed news that had been reviewed by her jailers,
Video examples
Grouse Chicks Die from...
it's May and Graham's burning has created a good patchwork of different aged Heather for cover and food the Grouse have been nesting and he's hoping there'll be lots of baby chicks
Video examples
Going Inside MEGA Rehab...
facility is undoubtedly a good thing especially when compared to the violent alternatives but on the other it's a patchwork solution it's it's a band-aid and they said as much
Video examples
Gun violence as told by...
answer is gonna lie in a patchwork of solutions it's not gonna please everybody but you know what saving just one life is better than saving none thank you
Video examples
Peek Inside the Strange,...
unchanged for a thousand years ancient life still clings to an old world this patchwork of habitats provides a stronghold for creatures of a bygone age
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a logical creation, dissects and dignifies reality. Fiction, wholly extravagant, magnifies it and gives it moral shape. Fiction has no practical purpose. Fiction, after all, is art.
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Coco Rocha
Canadian Model
When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it effectively. That meant consolidating the bloated patchwork of ineffective agencies and regulations so that a single agency could act as a voice for consumers.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
It's widely recognized that employers and employees need more assistance addressing problems with rising health care costs. Attempts to address the problem are going to require a federal response, not a patchwork of state and local mandates.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war.
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Aesop Rock
American Musician
I just write notes all day on my phone, and when I write songs it becomes a patchwork of these smaller notes that I had, mixed with stuff in the moment.
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Lucille Ball
American Comedian
Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.
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Sara Zarr
American Writer
I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.
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Jonathan Anderson
Irish Designer
For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.
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John Grant
American Musician
I love patchwork quilts. But not in music.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a logical creation, dissects and dignifies reality. Fiction, wholly extravagant, magnifies it and gives it moral shape. Fiction has no practical purpose. Fiction, after all, is art.
Quote examples
Coco Rocha
Canadian Model
When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it effectively. That meant consolidating the bloated patchwork of ineffective agencies and regulations so that a single agency could act as a voice for consumers.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
It's widely recognized that employers and employees need more assistance addressing problems with rising health care costs. Attempts to address the problem are going to require a federal response, not a patchwork of state and local mandates.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war.
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Aesop Rock
American Musician
I just write notes all day on my phone, and when I write songs it becomes a patchwork of these smaller notes that I had, mixed with stuff in the moment.
Quote examples
Lucille Ball
American Comedian
Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.
Quote examples
Sara Zarr
American Writer
I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.
Quote examples
Jonathan Anderson
Irish Designer
For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.
Quote examples
John Grant
American Musician
I love patchwork quilts. But not in music.
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