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# patchwork

noun (patchwork — uncountable; a patchwork); adjective (patchwork)

«patchwork» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Patchwork is sewing in which many small pieces of different cloth are stitched together to make a quilt, cushion or bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#m1)
2. A patchwork of things is a mixture of many different parts, like fields of different colours seen from above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#m2)
3. As an adjective it means made of patches or of mixed parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#m3)

### In the lessons

In art and craft lessons it is a sewing and design activity with shapes and patterns, linked to maths (squares, triangles, tessellation). In geography and stories it describes a landscape or a mix of ideas. Phrases: a patchwork quilt, a patchwork of fields, a patchwork of rules.

### Examples

- Gran made a patchwork quilt from old shirts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#x1)
- From the plane, the fields looked like a patchwork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#x2)
- Our class made a patchwork from felt squares. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#x3)
- The patchwork cushion had red and blue triangles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#x4)
- The town is a patchwork of old and new houses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#x5)
- We used hexagons to plan a patchwork pattern. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#x6)
- The rules were a patchwork that nobody understood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/#x7)

### Note

Mostly uncountable (do patchwork), but «a patchwork of» is used for a mixture. In maths, patchwork shapes that fit with no gaps are a tessellation.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «patchwork» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patchwork/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«patchwork» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/patchwork.html) on Mova free.