1. A motley assortment of things
   "The shop had a hotchpotch of old furniture and bric-a-brac";
   - odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge [N. Amer, informal], gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum, bits and bobs [Brit, informal], odds and sods [Brit, informal], bits and pieces, mélange
    
2. A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
   "The lecture was a hotchpotch of random facts";
   - patchwork, hodgepodge [N. Amer, informal], jumble
    
3. A stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables
   "The Scottish hotchpotch was a comforting mix of lamb and root vegetables"

Derived forms: hotchpotches

Type of: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag [informal], mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, smörgåsbord, stew, theory, variety

Encyclopedia: Hotchpotch