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Definitions for hodgepodge
ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒhodge·podge
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Princeton's WordNet
odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherumnoun
a motley assortment of things
patchwork, hodgepodge, jumblenoun
a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
Wiktionary
hodgepodgenoun
A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar hodgepodges.
Wikipedia
hodgepodge
Hodgepodge or hotchpotch describes a confused or disorderly mass or collection of things; a "mess" or a "jumble".
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hodgepodge
Hodgepodge is a term often used to describe a mixture or assortment of various different items, ideas, or elements, typically ones that do not necessarily blend well together. It can refer to a disorganized or random assortment, often created from an assortment of unrelated things.
Webster Dictionary
Hodgepodgenoun
a mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hodgepodge
hoj′poj, n. (see Hotchpotch).—n. Hodge′-pudd′ing (Shak.), a pudding made of a mass of ingredients mixed together.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hodgepodge in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hodgepodge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of hodgepodge in a Sentence
They are aware that they've got this hodgepodge of companies, maybe it's better to sort them out a bit and make it clearer which ones are bringing in the bacon and which ones are science projects and which ones are long-term bets.
You're not going to see big companies just moving their critical traffic over this hodgepodge network that they will knit together, that's not to say they won't over time build something resilient.
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- cybolfaWelsh
- Sammelsurium, MischmaschGerman
- mezcolanzaSpanish
- sekamelskaFinnish
- salmigondis, fatrasFrench
- zagyvalékHungarian
- zibaldone, accozzaglia, miscuglio, pot-pourriItalian
- mengelmoes, mikmakDutch
- virvar, sammensuriumNorwegian
- galimatiasPolish
- mistureba, miscelâneaPortuguese
- всякая всячина, мешанинаRussian
- sammelsurium, salig blandningSwedish
- సంకరంTelugu
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