jigsaw puzzle

noun

: a puzzle consisting of small irregularly cut pieces that are to be fitted together to form a picture
also : something suggesting a jigsaw puzzle

Examples of jigsaw puzzle in a Sentence

We spent many nights working on a jigsaw puzzle of Mount Everest.
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As relaxing as a jigsaw puzzle Jennifer Aitkens lives more than 425 miles away from Lansing in Nobel, Ontario, about 150 miles north of Toronto. Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 14 July 2025 Managers saw themselves as solving the equivalent of familiar jigsaw puzzles. Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025 The new No 9? Referring back to the jigsaw puzzle, a Darwin Nunez exit and no striker incoming makes Wirtz playing as a false nine more probable. Andy Jones, New York Times, 18 June 2025 Life is a warped jigsaw puzzle: The pieces of the normal and the abnormal do not fit together. Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for jigsaw puzzle

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jigsaw puzzle was in 1908

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“Jigsaw puzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jigsaw%20puzzle. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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jigsaw puzzle

noun
: a puzzle consisting of small pieces of various shapes that are to be fitted together to form a picture

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