Synonyms: motley
Definition: a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
Similar words: fabric, material, cloth, textile
Definition: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Usage: the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent; woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC; she measured off enough material for a dress
Synonyms: motley
Definition: a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
Synonyms: smorgasbord, salmagundi, assortment, potpourri, variety, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley
Definition: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Usage: a great assortment of cars was on display; he had a variety of disorders; a veritable smorgasbord of religions
Similar words: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection
Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Synonyms: motley, parti-color
Definition: make motley; color with different colors
Similar words: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
Definition: add color to
Usage: The child colored the drawings; Fall colored the trees; colorize black and white film
Synonyms: variegate, vary, motley
Definition: make something more diverse and varied
Usage: Vary the menu
Synonyms: painted, particolored, particoloured, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, calico, varicolored, varicoloured, piebald, pied
Definition: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Usage: a jester dressed in motley; the painted desert; a particolored dress; a piebald horse; pied daisies
Similar words: colored, colorful, coloured
Definition: having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
Usage: colored crepe paper; the film was in color; amber-colored heads of grain
Synonyms: assorted, sundry, miscellaneous, mixed, motley
Definition: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
Usage: an arrangement of assorted spring flowers; assorted sizes; miscellaneous accessories; a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music; a motley crew; sundry sciences commonly known as social- I.A.Richards
Similar words: heterogeneous, heterogenous
Definition: consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
Usage: the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous