patchnoun [ C ]
uk/pætʃ/us/pætʃ/patch noun [ C ] (AREA)
C2 a small area that is different in some way from the area that surrounds it:
UK informal a local area within which someone works:
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- Is that a patch of damp on the wall?
- He skidded on a patch of ice.
- For a moment I thought you had a patch of grey hairs, but it's just a trick of the light.
- Freezing fog and icy patches are expected to cause problems for motorists tonight.
- I get scaly patches on my scalp.
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Space - general words
- bay
- blank
- box
- chamber
- clearance
- elbow room
- expanse
- floor
- footprint
- headroom
- legroom
- room
- space
- spacing
- spacious
- spatial
- void
- way
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patch noun [ C ] (PIECE OF MATERIAL)
C2 a small piece of material sewn or stuck over something to cover it:
a small piece of material that can be stuck to the skin, from which particular substances can be absorbed into the body:
an eyepatch
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- pennyworth
- pinprick
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
- trace
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patch noun [ C ] (COMPUTER)
a small computer program that can be added to an existing program in order to make the existing program work as it should:
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Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- alpha
- analytics
- backup software
- CD-RW
- compile
- killer app
- lisp
- LMS
- low-level language
- macro
- mashup
- procedure
- shortcut
- systems analyst
- virtual memory
- worm
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Idiom(s)
patchverb
uk/pætʃ/us/pætʃ/patch verb (CONNECT)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] specialized internet & telecoms to connect electronic or phone equipment to a system
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Communications - by telephone
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- alarm call
- bell
- break
- break up
- call sb up
- cold-calling
- conference call
- connection
- cut
- give sb a buzz idiom
- hash
- hold
- put sb through
- put sth down 1
- telecommuting
- tinkle
- top-up card
- transfer
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patch verb (PIECE OF MATERIAL)
C2 [ T ] to put a patch on something
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Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- put/set sb right idiom
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- sort sth/sb out
- troubleshooting
- tune
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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patch verb (COMPUTER)
to solve a problem that a computer system or program has: