olla podrida

noun

ˈä-lə-pə-ˈdrē-də How to pronounce olla podrida (audio)
Definition of olla podridanext
as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the olla podrida of tongues that one hears on the streets of a bustling metropolis like New York City

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  1. medley
  2. assortment
  3. variety
  4. collage
  5. jumble
  6. alphabet soup
  7. crazy quilt
  8. patchwork quilt
Noun
  • Hugh Jackman is delivering the medley of our dreams.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Carrots Organic carrots, as well as organic and conventional vegetable medleys containing carrots, by the brand 4Earth Farms sold from September to November in seven states were recalled due to the risk of E. coli contamination, the FDA said on Dec. 2.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of medley
Noun
  • Each recipient family was to receive its own unique assortment of gifts, based on the age of their children.
    JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
  • His assortment of businesses brought in some $2.4 billion in revenue and some $550 million in income from 2017 to 2020.
    Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • There are a variety of credit cards available to many different credit profiles, including easy-to-get card options for those with bad credit or no credit at all.
    Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, suits come in a wide variety of fabrics for an equally varied assortment of circumstances.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of variety
Noun
  • Released on Monday, the card features a collage of images taken throughout the year.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Kemble Interiors designers turned workout rooms into fanciful event spaces and had West Palm Beach artist Christa Wilm cover a floor-to-ceiling fireplace in a colorful collage of shells.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of collage
Noun
  • Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
  • Think of it instead as a Rube Goldberg machine, reimagining doodles as dense jumbles of steps and if-then rules.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • Different Types Of Financial Advisors Now to the alphabet soup.
    Ryan Daus, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Today, during a time of distrust in government, the FDIC stands apart in the alphabet soup of bank regulators as a rare agency that many Americans trust.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of alphabet soup
Noun
  • Jason Schmidt The Best New York Art Shows of 2024 Outsiders, Renaissance masterpieces, crazy quilts, and more.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Spoonful, Woody Guthrie, and Eleanor Roosevelt – that just captured the whole crazy quilt of the Village arts and politics scene.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of crazy quilt
Noun
  • French Lick Springs Hotel (1845) French Lick, Indiana Located on the upper level of the hotel’s event center, the 2024 gingerbread house features a cobblestone fireplace and an edible roof that looks like a patchwork quilt.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Each of the 254 rooms here offer that signature quirky Treehouse aesthetic: rough-hewn wood furniture, wood ceiling beams, and colorful patchwork quilts that recreate a childlike sense of being in, well, a treehouse.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of patchwork quilt
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