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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
In the special, Sloss shares his father’s analogy that life is a jigsaw puzzle and love is a missing interior piece.
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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1908, in the meaning defined above
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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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Nglish: Translation of jigsaw puzzle for Spanish Speakers
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