Usually means: Assemblage of diverse elements combined.
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  1. patchwork: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patchwork: Merriam-Webster
  3. patchwork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patchwork: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. patchwork: Collins English Dictionary
  6. patchwork: Vocabulary.com
  7. Patchwork, patchwork: Wordnik
  8. patchwork: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. patchwork: Wiktionary
  10. patchwork: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. patchwork: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. patchwork: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Patchwork, patchwork: Dictionary.com
  14. patchwork: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Patchwork (album), Patchwork (software), Patchwork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Patchwork: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. patchwork: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. patchwork: Rhymezone
  19. Patchwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. patchwork: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. patchwork: FreeDictionary.org
  22. patchwork: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. patchwork: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patchwork: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Patchwork: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
noun:  (figurative) Any kind of creation that makes use of many different aspects to create one whole piece.
noun:  (derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
verb:  (transitive) To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
verb:  (transitive) To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.

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