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patchwork
noun
1 patchwork
A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble.
Roget 41:
mixture,
admixture,
commixture,
commixtion†;
commixion†,
intermixture,
alloyage†,
matrimony;
junction
etc.
43;
combination
etc.
48;
miscegenation.
impregnation;
infusion,
diffusion suffusion,
transfusion;
infiltration;
seasoning,
sprinkling,
interlarding;
interpolation;
etc.
228
adulteration,
sophistication.
[Thing mixed]
tinge,
tincture,
touch,
dash,
smack,
sprinkling,
spice,
seasoning,
infusion,
soupcon.
[Compound resulting from mixture]
alloy,
amalgam;
brass,
chowchow†,
pewter;
magma,
half-and-half,
melange,
tertium quid [Lat.],
miscellany,
ambigu†,
medley,
mess,
hotchpot†,
pasticcio†,
patchwork,
odds and ends,
all sorts;
jumble
etc.
(disorder)
59;
salad,
sauce,
mash,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
gallimaufry,
olla-podrida†,
olio,
salmagundi,
potpourri,
Noah's ark,
caldron texture,
mingled yarn;
mosaic
etc.
(variegation)
440.
half-blood,
half-caste.
mulatto;
terceron†,
quarteron†,
quinteron†
&c.;
quadroon,
octoroon;
griffo†,
zambo†;
cafuzo†;
Eurasian;
fustee†,
fustie†;
griffe,
ladino†,
marabou,
mestee†,
mestizo,
quintroon,
sacatra zebrule [Lat.];
catalo†;
cross,
hybrid,
mongrel.
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Roget 70:
discontinuity;
disjunction
etc.
44;
anacoluthon†;
interruption,
break,
fracture,
flaw,
fault,
crack,
cut;
gap
etc.
(interval)
198;
solution of continuity,
caesura;
broken thread;
parenthesis,
episode,
rhapsody,
patchwork;
intermission;
alternation
etc.
(periodicity)
138;
dropping fire.
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Roget 440:
variegation;
colors,
dichroism,
trichroism;
iridescence,
play of colors,
polychrome,
maculation,
spottiness,
striae.
spectrum,
rainbow,
iris,
tulip,
peacock,
chameleon,
butterfly,
tortoise shell;
mackerel,
mackerel sky;
zebra,
leopard,
cheetah,
nacre,
ocelot,
ophite†,
mother-of-pearl,
opal,
marble.
check,
plaid,
tartan,
patchwork;
marquetry-,
parquetry;
mosaic,
tesserae†,
strigae†;
chessboard,
checkers,
chequers;
harlequin;
Joseph's coat;
tricolor.
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Dutch: krakeling
2 patchwork
A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.
synonym: patchwork quilt.
Polish: koĊdra patchworkowa, patchwork
3 patchwork
Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern.
Polish: patchwork
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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