Noun: patchwork 'pach,wurk
- Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern
"Grandmother's patchwork quilt told a story through its varied fabric squares"
- A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
"Grandmother's patchwork quilt told a story through its diverse fabric pieces";
- patchwork quilt
- A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
"His essay was a patchwork of unrelated concepts";
- hodgepodge [N. Amer, informal], jumble, hotchpotch
Derived forms: patchworks
Type of: comfort, comforter, puff, quilt, sewing, stitchery, theory
Encyclopedia: Patchwork