patchwork

Definition

A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.

Etymology

From patch + work.

Example Sentences

• "Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life."
• "Everything about China is super-sized: The five new parks, which in some cases stitched together an older patchwork of conservation zones, sprawl across more than 88,800 square miles of territory—a protected area more than 25 times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States."
• "The wider North West and Central Region is itself a microcosm of the industry's complexity. Covering the approaches to London Euston, stretching through Birmingham and the West Midlands, and reaching Manchester, Liverpool and beyond, it is a patchwork of overlapping markets, political geographies, and infrastructure types."

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