A small contrasting part of something:
— A patch of clouds.
— Patches of thin ice.

synoniemen: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot.

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, insignificance (unimportance) 643; mediocrity, moderation.    small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point; material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details; look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight^†, whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam; touch, cast; grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau^†, screed, smack, tinge, tincture; inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet^†, flitter, gobbet^†, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive^†; snip, snippet; snick^†, snack, snatch, slip, scrag^†; chip, chipping; shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair.    nutshell; thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful; fragment; fraction etc. (part) 51; drop in the ocean.    animalcule etc. 193.    trifle etc. (unimportant thing) 643; mere nothing, next to nothing; hardly anything; just enough to swear by; the shadow of a shade.    finiteness, finite quantity.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 848: blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism^†; flaw, defect etc. (imperfection) 651; injury etc. (deterioration) 659; spots on the sun^†; eyesore.    stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur.    tarnish, smudge; dirt etc. 653.    [blemish on a person's skin: list] freckle, mole, macula [Anat.], patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip^†, blubber lip; blain^†, maculation; scar, wem^†; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple etc. (protuberance) 250.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: plek
Pools: plamka

A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation:
— A cabbage patch.
— A briar patch.

synoniemen: plot, plot of ground, plot of land.

Roget 181: region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; reservation, pale etc. (limit) 233; compartment, department; clearing.    [political divisions: see] (property) etc. 780 (Government) etc. 737.1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve, preserve; street etc. (abode) 189.    clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude.    biosphere; lithosphere.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: spłacheć

A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.

Nederlands: stuk
Pools: łata

A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition:
— A patch of bad weather.

synoniemen: piece, spell, while.

Nederlands: poosje, een hele tijd, momentje, tijdje, periode, poos, wijl

A short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.

Pools: łata

A connection intended to be used for a limited time.

synoniem: temporary hookup.

Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment).

synoniemen: darn, mend.

Nederlands: stop

A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.

synoniem: eyepatch.

Nederlands: ooglapje

A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body.

synoniem: bandage.

Nederlands: bandage, verband
Pools: opatrunek

To join or unite the pieces of:
— Patch the skirt.

synoniem: piece.

Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.

Mend by putting a patch on:
— Patch a hole.

synoniem: patch up.

Nederlands: bijpleisteren

Repair by adding pieces.

synoniem: piece.