"patchwork quilt" meaning in All languages combined

See patchwork quilt on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: patchwork quilts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} patchwork quilt (plural patchwork quilts)
  1. (literally) A decorative quilt made of pieces of cloth having diverse sizes, colors, and shapes, sewn together either to form a regular pattern or in a deliberately mismatched fashion without a pattern. Tags: literally Categories (topical): Bedding Related terms: crazy quilt Translations (decorative quilt): tilkkutäkki (Finnish), Patchworkdecke [feminine] (German), centō [masculine] (Latin), lappeteppe [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), lappeteppe [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), colcha de parches [feminine] (Spanish), lapptäcke [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-patchwork_quilt-en-noun-3kKg4NLD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'decorative quilt': 96 4
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure; something composed of seemingly random parts. Tags: broadly, figuratively Synonyms (Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure or random composition): hodgepodge, jumble Translations (disorganized structure): tilkkutäkki (Finnish), Flickenteppich [masculine] (German), Sammelsurium [neuter] (German), sammelsurium (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-patchwork_quilt-en-noun-rN6TB1IC Disambiguation of 'Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure or random composition': 11 89 Disambiguation of 'disorganized structure': 6 94

Inflected forms

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