The meaning of Hodgepodge

noun

A collection or gathering of things or people.

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A loose assemblage of diverse groups

noun

A miscellaneous collection of things or people.

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The room was filled with an assortment of clothes

noun

A mixture or combination of different types

Usage examples:

"that’s dancing!" contains an assortment of musical numbers from famous hollywood films.

verb

Cover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things.

Usage examples:

The room was cluttered with his bric-a-brac

noun

A collection of things lying about in an untidy state.

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The attic is full of clutter

noun

A condition of disorder, or a lot of objects that are in a state of disorder

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The basement work area is filled with creative clutter., the family room was cluttered with toys.

noun

The action or process of collecting someone or something.

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The collection of data

noun

Money that people give for a special purpose, a person in need, or an organization

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We’re taking (up) a collection for his retirement gift (= getting money from people who want to giv…

noun

The act or job of taking something away from a place

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We will inform you when your goods are ready for collection., refuse/waste collection which public …

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

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There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

Usage examples:

[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

noun

A confused mixture.

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A farrago of fact and myth about abraham lincoln

noun

A confused mixture

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He told us a farrago of lies.

noun

A confused mixture.

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A hotchpotch of uncoordinated services

noun

A confused mixture of different things

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New age thinking seems to be a hotchpotch of old and new ideas.

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

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The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

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A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

A confused mixture or mass of things

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A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

noun

A varied mixture of people or things.

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An interesting medley of flavours

adjective

Mixed; motley.

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A medley range of vague and variable impressions

verb

Make a medley of; intermix.

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The medlied establishments of the native chiefs

noun

A varied mixture.

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A melange of tender vegetables and herbs

noun

A mixture, or a group of different things or people

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Her book presents an interesting mélange of ideas., the dessert was described as "a mélange of summ…

noun

A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.

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She made a mess of the kitchen

verb

Make untidy or dirty.

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She scratched her head, messing her hair still further

noun

A group or collection of different items; a mixture.

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A miscellany of houses

noun

A mixture of different things

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The museum houses a fascinating miscellany of nautical treasures., she's just finished editing "a m…

noun

A confused mixture.

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A mishmash of outmoded ideas

noun

A badly organized mixture

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The movie is a mishmash of past and present.

verb

Combine or put together to form one substance or mass.

Usage examples:

Peppercorns are sometimes mixed with other spices

noun

Two or more different qualities, things, or people placed, combined, or considered together.

Usage examples:

The decor is a fascinating mix of antique and modern

verb

To combine different substances, esp. so that the result cannot easily be separated into its parts, or to cause different substances to combine in this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] oil and water don’t mix., [ t ] mix two eggs into the flour., [ t ] he mixed the blue paint w…

noun

A substance made by mixing other substances together.

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Form the mixture into a manageable dough

noun

A combination of substances resulting from mixing them together so that they cannot be easily separated

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It’s a highly explosive mixture and has to be handled carefully., good fashion designers often rely…

noun

Needlework in which small pieces of cloth in different designs, colours, or textures are sewn together.

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A piece of patchwork

noun

Cloth consisting of smaller pieces of differently patterned cloth that are sewn together

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A patchwork quilt, fig. we looked down at the patchwork of fields below us.

noun

A bag in which scraps of fabric and old clothes are kept for use.

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They were made from second-hand jute burlap and scraps of fabric pulled from ragbags and storage bi…

noun

The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

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Such men decided the selection of candidates

noun

The act of choosing, or the person or thing chosen

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[ c ] they performed a mix of old hits and selections from their new cd., [ c ] that bookstore has …

noun

The process of choosing someone or something from a group of people or things after careful thought

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The selection of sth/sb it is alleged that he tried to improperly influence the selection of a part…