| patch | (noun) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole | - |
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| (noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, mend |
| (noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye | Synonyms: eyepatch |
| (noun) a connection intended to be used for a limited time | Synonyms: temporary hookup |
| (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: bandage |
| (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot |
| (noun) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program | - |
| (noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: plot, plot of ground, plot of land |
| (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: piece, spell, while |
| (verb) mend by putting a patch on | Synonyms: patch up |
| (verb) repair by adding pieces | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) to join or unite the pieces of | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically | - |
| patchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: plugboard, switchboard |
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| patchcord | (noun) a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard | - |
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| patched | (adjective) mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch | - |
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| (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: spotted, spotty |
| patchily | (adverb) in spots | - |
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| patchiness | (noun) unevenness in quality or performance | - |
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| patching | (noun) the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it | - |
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| patchouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| patchouly | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli, Pogostemon cablin |
| patchwork | (noun) sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern | - |
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| (noun) a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | Synonyms: patchwork quilt |
| (noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble |
| patchy | (adjective) irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc. | - |
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