1 adj A patchwork quilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns.
ADJ n
...beds covered in patchwork quilts.
Patchwork is also a noun., n-uncount
For centuries, quilting and patchwork have been popular needlecrafts.
2 n-sing If you refer to something as a patchwork, you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours.
oft N of n
The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown., ...this complex republic, a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities.