JIGSAW PUZZLE Definition & Meaning

jigsaw puzzle

[jig-saw puhz-uhl]

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noun

Also called picture puzzle.��a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
any complex, confusing situation, condition, or item, as one composed of seemingly diverse or unrelated elements.

jigsaw puzzle

noun

a puzzle in which the player has to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a wooden or cardboard base and cut into a large number of irregularly shaped interlocking pieces

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of jigsaw puzzle¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in Central London that's being redeveloped, but it's taken until now to reconstruct this colossal jigsaw puzzle.

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Then you have time to do things like read and solve jigsaw puzzles with friends, two hobbies Klein says she has taken up again recently in a conscious effort to disengage from her phone.

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It’s an impossibly complex jigsaw puzzle, and one that’s never quite perfect.

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In one letter, she wrote that she was taking their dog Zin to obedience class and that she had left him a jigsaw puzzle on the table.

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From idyllic rural scenes to bespoke pet designs, jigsaw puzzles are a perfect way to while away a lazy day – but for more than 200 people in Bradford this weekend, it was all about speed.

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