jigsaw puzzle
Also called picture puzzle . a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
any complex, confusing situation, condition, or item, as one composed of seemingly diverse or unrelated elements.
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How to use jigsaw puzzle in a sentence
The current reference genome was made by fitting together small strings of DNA like thousands of tiny jigsaw puzzle pieces.
The first human genetic blueprint just turned 20. What’s next? | Tina Hesman Saey | February 22, 2021 | Science NewsA curve sits inside its Jacobian the way a piece sits inside a jigsaw puzzle.
Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | February 22, 2021 | Quanta MagazineSharing jigsaw puzzles does require some ability to withstand disappointment.
Puzzle swap celebrates jigsaw ‘barter culture’ amid pandemic chaos | Justin Wm. Moyer | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostLike everything in this newly uncertain world, puzzle enthusiasts have to be willing to let their jigsaw puzzles go.
Puzzle swap celebrates jigsaw ‘barter culture’ amid pandemic chaos | Justin Wm. Moyer | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostA series of protrusions, called blades, fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces to join the two sides.
The diabolical ironclad beetle can survive getting run over by a car. Here’s how | Maria Temming | October 21, 2020 | Science News
When he looks at the neatly compiled jigsaw puzzle of his life, however, he feels empty, deeply dissatisfied.
Is ‘Satisfaction’ a Love Story That’s Too Real About Sex and Marriage? | David Masciotra | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEvery scene fits together like a jigsaw puzzle piece by the end of the book, when the reader finally knows everything.
Real Thrills And High Art In A Poignant Page-Turner Of A Novel | Susan Cheever | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo be fair, Prince Charles is also brazenly cashing in, selling a jigsaw puzzle of William and Kate at his official store.
Close up, it was a tremendous jigsaw puzzle of blocks that weighed tons.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinIt looked like some sort of jigsaw puzzle that he was piecing together very carefully, very— what's the word?
Foe-Farrell | Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch"He'll be glad to know I'm not showing it about, or brooding over it like a bit of a jigsaw puzzle," I thought.
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America | C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) WilliamsonLike a vast jigsaw puzzle in five dimensions, little clots and patches formed as the bits were snuggled into place here and there.
Viewpoint | Gordon Randall GarrettLike pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, the whole picture suddenly fell into place.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung | Victor Appleton
British Dictionary definitions for jigsaw puzzle
a puzzle in which the player has to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a wooden or cardboard base and cut into a large number of irregularly shaped interlocking pieces
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