jigsaw puzzle

noun

: a puzzle consisting of small irregularly cut pieces that are to be fitted together to form a picture
also : something suggesting a jigsaw puzzle

Examples of jigsaw puzzle in a Sentence

We spent many nights working on a jigsaw puzzle of Mount Everest.
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In the special, Sloss shares his father’s analogy that life is a jigsaw puzzle and love is a missing interior piece. Colson Thayer, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 The two got to bonding over a routine of beers and jigsaw puzzles, and one afternoon, when Ruth was robbed, Gibbs gave pursuit in his truck, with Ruth riding shotgun/jotting down the thieves’ plate. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024 Musgraves also assembles an outsized jigsaw puzzle made of grass, piecing together a grand lawn. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024 On the coffee table was a custom jigsaw puzzle, showing Dawson smiling in a pile of leaves, which Pat had sent his mother for her birthday. Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jigsaw puzzle 

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jigsaw puzzle was in 1908

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“Jigsaw puzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jigsaw%20puzzle. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

jigsaw puzzle

noun
: a puzzle consisting of small pieces of various shapes that are to be fitted together to form a picture
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