Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A puzzle consisting of a mass of irregularly shaped pieces of cardboard, plastic, or wood that form a picture when fitted together.
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- noun A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a
jigsaw ) into many smallinterlocking pieces.
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- noun a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces
Etymologies
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jigsaw + puzzle
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treeseed commented on the word jigsaw puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces. Each piece has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture.
Jigsaw puzzles were originally created by painting a picture on a flat, rectangular piece of wood, and then cutting that picture into small pieces with a jigsaw, hence the name. John Spilsbury, a London mapmaker and engraver, is credited with commercialising jigsaw puzzles around 1760
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February 18, 2008