/pætʃ/
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Translation
A small piece of material used to cover a hole, or a small area that is different from what is around it.
Word origin
From Middle English pacche; where the word came from before that is not certain.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- pacche
Grammar
Gender
Pluralpatches
Examples
sewed jeans.
A patch is a small piece of material that covers a hole.
.
Here "patches" means small areas that look different.
camping .
Here "patched" is a verb; to repair with a patch.
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