Phrase Hound found 60 phrases and 66 compound words that contain patch. The most common are listed below. Open patch in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 60
- eye patchAn opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.
- patch fileA text file or binary file that lists differences between two versions of a file.
- soul patchA narrow beard descending from the lower lip, above the chin.
- Patch-management
- hot patchA patch (software fix) which is applied to a system while it is running, without the need to reboot the system to complete the patching process.
- purple patchA period of excellent performance where nearly everything seems to go right, contrasting with a lower general level of performance.
- yellow patchA disease affecting several varieties of grasses, including bentgrasses, annual bluegrass, some perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass, which results in the development of yellow or brown rings.
- patch-upThe act of patching or repairing.
- patch pocketA pocket made of a piece of fabric by sewing it onto the outside of a garment.
- patch iceIce in overlapping pieces in the sea.
- nicotine patchAn adhesive patch, affixed to the skin, that slowly diffuses nicotine into the bloodstream; used by people who are trying to quit smoking
- oil patchAlternative form of oilpatch: A patch or puddle of oil.
- patch bayAlternative form of patchbay: A device that connects the inputs and outputs of a number of electric musical instruments such that they may be routed together.
- patch overTo take over and absorb (a smaller motorcycle club).
- patch panela series of network cable connection sockets.
- patch testA diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin, by affixing small patches to the skin that contain those substances.
- patch testingpresent participle and gerund of patch test
- patch testsplural of patch test: A diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin, by affixing small patches to the skin that contain those substances.
- patch-boxAlternative spelling of patch box.
- surface patchSynonym of coordinate chart: A homeomorphism from a local neighborhood around a point on a topological n-manifold in a Banach space to an n-dimensional Banach space (typically a subspace of the space the manifold is embedded in).
- rough patchA difficult or embattling period of one's life.
- patch testedsimple past and past participle of patch test
- garbage patchA piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
- Great Pacific Garbage PatchA geographic area and large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, the largest garbage patch in the world.
- patch clampA device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells.
Compound words 66
- patchworkA work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
- patcherA person who patches something.
- oilpatchA patch or puddle of oil.
- patchsetA set of software patches.
- patchbayA device that connects the inputs and outputs of a number of electric musical instruments such that they may be routed together.
- DogpatchAny community inhabited by hillbillies.
- autopatchA device that allows users to make telephone calls via a repeater
- prepatchTo patch in advance.
- cornpatchA patch of corn.
- crosspatchA grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.