patch

[pach] / pætʃ /

NOUN

piece, spot, area

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bit chunk ground land lot plot stretch strip tract

STRONG

blob fix hunk plat scrap shred

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sky whole

STRONG

peace

NOUN

piece applied to cover a gap or lack

Synonyms

STRONG

application mend reinforcement

WEAK

Band-Aid appliqué

VERB

fix, mend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cobble rebuild reconstruct reinforce repair revamp sew

STRONG

cover darn overhaul recondition retread

WEAK

do up fiddle with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy ruin

WEAK

break damage rend tear

Example Sentences

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There were all these trouble zones - a bit of blue sky and a big patch of grass - and nobody could get them.

From BBC

Even glaciers of moderate size, including the Rhône Glacier, would be reduced to small patches of ice or vanish altogether.

From Science Daily

Still, stocks’ recent rough patch might mean investors are feeling less confident about the future than they did a couple months ago.

From Barron's

But the family pumpkin patch and Christmas tree business remained a constant.

From Los Angeles Times

Before the fire, she did not have a pumpkin patch.

From Los Angeles Times