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
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We spent many nights working on a jigsaw puzzle of Mount Everest.
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Collectively, these tales form a sort of jigsaw puzzle, in which the minor character from one episode becomes the primary focus of the next or a plot-driving prop resurfaces later as background detritus.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Favorite hobbies: Running, singing, watching movies with the family, jigsaw puzzles.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Bring up to five jigsaw puzzles of 500-plus pieces to exchange with others.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Anthropologists spend months trying to arrange them like a jigsaw puzzle.
—Fred Ramos, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Favorite hobbies: Running, singing, watching movies with the family, jigsaw puzzles.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Bring up to five jigsaw puzzles of 500-plus pieces to exchange with others.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Anthropologists spend months trying to arrange them like a jigsaw puzzle.
—Fred Ramos, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jigsaw puzzle
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“Jigsaw puzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jigsaw%20puzzle. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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