patchwork quilt

ˈpætʃ.wɜːk kwɪlt
patchwork quilt: bed covering made from pieces of fabric sewn together
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Translation of patchwork quilt from English into Dutch

Noun

1.

bedding

bed covering made from pieces of fabric sewn together
  • She covered the bed with a colorful patchwork quilt.Ze bedekte het bed met een kleurrijke patchwork deken
2.

figurative

something with a disorganized structure
  • The city's architecture is a patchwork quilt of styles.De architectuur van de stad is een lappendeken van stijlen.
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  • patchwork quilt: bed covering made from pieces of fabric sewn together
    (bedding) lappendeken

Synonyms and analogies of patchwork quilt in English

Examples of patchwork quilt in a sentence

  • Each patchwork quilt tells a unique story.
  • The company's management structure is a patchwork quilt of roles.
  • His explanation was a patchwork quilt of unrelated ideas.

Translations of "patchwork quilt" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
lappendekennf.

The patchwork quilt is composed of many unequal pieces of fabric.

De lappendeken bestaat uit lapjes stof in allerlei verschillende formaten.

The project is like a patchwork quilt.

Het project is als een lappendeken.

The arm looks like a patchwork quilt.

Door de hechtingen lijkt zijn arm een lappendeken.

The itinerary leads you through a patchwork quilt of woods, hop fields and grasslands.

Het parcours gaat door een lappendeken van bossen, hoppevelden, akkers en weiden.

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Other translations for patchwork quilt:

  • lapjesdeken
  • patchworkdeken

patchwork quilt: Examples and translations in context

When the sweater was finished it looked like a patchwork quilt.

Toen die trui klaar was leek die op een bonte lappendeken.

Below him, the photographer saw a patchwork quilt of rivers, harbours and strips of land.

De fotograaf zag onder zich een lappendeken van rivieren, haventjes en repen land.

Looks just like a patchwork quilt, doesn't it?

Net een lappendeken, vind je niet?

Looks just like a patchwork quilt, doesn't it?

Net een lappendeken, vind je niet?

Firstly, our present region of both provinces of Limburg was in the eighteenth century a political patchwork quilt.

In de achttiende eeuw was het tegenwoordige gebied van de beide Limburgen een staatkundige lappendeken.

This entire Baltic policy is a patchwork quilt, both in terms of its finances and politically.

Het hele Oostzeebeleid is een lappendeken, zowel financieel als politiek.

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