jigsaw puzzle

noun

Definition of jigsaw puzzle

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web The approach conjures a kind of unreality, leaving the audience to assemble the truth out of a jigsaw puzzle of pieces. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'The Father' showcases Anthony Hopkins as a man in the throes of dementia," 26 Feb. 2021 Shipped from the factory packed in hay, the pieces of this giant jigsaw puzzle were sorted at the job site. — New York Times, "Atop the McGraw-Hill Building, the Name Stays," 26 Feb. 2021 The problem, sometimes called the insect apocalypse, is like a jigsaw puzzle. — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, "Insects get a bad rap, but they’re vital to the food chain — and their decline has scientists worried," 12 Jan. 2021 The problem, sometimes called the insect apocalypse, is like a jigsaw puzzle. — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, "Insects get a bad rap, but they’re vital to the food chain — and their decline has scientists worried," 12 Jan. 2021 The problem, sometimes called the insect apocalypse, is like a jigsaw puzzle. — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, "Insects get a bad rap, but they’re vital to the food chain — and their decline has scientists worried," 12 Jan. 2021 The problem, sometimes called the insect apocalypse, is like a jigsaw puzzle. — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, "Insects get a bad rap, but they’re vital to the food chain — and their decline has scientists worried," 12 Jan. 2021 The problem, sometimes called the insect apocalypse, is like a jigsaw puzzle. — Seth Borenstein, ajc, "Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world's insects," 11 Jan. 2021 In 2013, Sahai and five co-authors proposed an iO protocol that splits up a program into something like jigsaw puzzle pieces, then uses cryptographic objects called multilinear maps to garble the individual pieces. — Quanta Magazine, "Computer Scientists Achieve ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography," 10 Nov. 2020

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