jigsaw
/ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/noun
उच्चारण जिग्सॉ
जिगसॉ पहेली, टुकड़े जोड़कर चित्र बनाने वाली पहेली
Core word
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[C]
a picture printed on cardboard or wood and cut into many small pieces of different shapes that you have to fit together again
जिगसॉ पहेली, टुकड़े जोड़कर चित्र बनाने वाली पहेली
- The children spent the afternoon doing a 500-piece jigsaw.
- Radhika finished the jigsaw before anyone else.
- We spread the jigsaw out on the table after dinner.
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- One piece of the jigsaw was missing.
- A jigsaw is a good way to keep a child busy on a rainy day.
Synonyms jigsaw puzzle
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[C, usually singular]
a complicated situation or problem in which many different parts have to be understood and fitted together
उलझी हुई पहेली, जटिल स्थिति
- The police are trying to fit together the pieces of the jigsaw.
- Historians slowly put together the jigsaw of events that led to the revolt.
- Piece by piece, the investigators solved the jigsaw of the crime.
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- The report offers only one piece of the jigsaw.
- Understanding climate is like completing a huge jigsaw with missing pieces.
Synonyms puzzle
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[C]
a saw with a narrow blade for cutting curves in wood or metal
आरी जो लकड़ी में घुमावदार कटाई करती है, जिगसॉ
- The carpenter used a jigsaw to cut the round tabletop.
- The shopkeeper bought a jigsaw to make curved designs in the plywood.
- Use a jigsaw to cut the shape out of the plywood sheet.
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- The workshop has a jigsaw as well as a drill.
- He cut a heart in the wooden board with a jigsaw.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a jigsaw (puzzle)
In everyday use jigsaw names the puzzle of small cut pieces; it is countable, and the longer form jigsaw puzzle is also used.
सामान्य प्रयोग में 'jigsaw' टुकड़ों वाली पहेली को कहते हैं; यह countable है और 'jigsaw puzzle' भी कहा जाता है।
- Radhika finished a thousand-piece jigsaw in one weekend.
- The children are doing a jigsaw on the floor.
jigsaw (tool)
A jigsaw is also a power saw with a narrow blade for cutting curves in wood or metal.
'Jigsaw' पतले ब्लेड वाली वह आरी भी है जिससे लकड़ी या धातु में वक्र काटे जाते हैं।
- The carpenter cut the pattern with a jigsaw.
a jigsaw of + noun (figurative)
In a figurative sense it describes a situation with many parts that must be understood together.
आलंकारिक अर्थ में यह कई भागों वाली ऐसी स्थिति बताता है जिसे जोड़कर समझना पड़ता है।
- The detective saw the case as a jigsaw of small clues.
piece of the jigsaw
A piece of the jigsaw can mean a missing fact that completes understanding.
'Piece of the jigsaw' का अर्थ वह छूटा हुआ तथ्य हो सकता है जो समझ को पूरा करता है।
- The letter was the last piece of the jigsaw.
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verb + jigsaw
docompletesolveassemblebuy
- He completed the jigsaw before dinner.
adjective + jigsaw
difficultwoodenthousand-piecemissingtricky
- A wooden jigsaw of the map of India hung in the classroom.
jigsaw + noun
piecepuzzleblademappicture
- One jigsaw piece was lost under the sofa.
noun + jigsaw
a piece of thethe last piece of thea missing piece of the
- That fact was the missing piece of the jigsaw.
jigsaw + puzzle idioms
piece togetherfit togethera missing piecethe big picture
- The students tried to fit the clues together like a jigsaw.
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- My grandfather keeps his mind active by doing jigsaws.
मेरे दादाजी जिग्सॉ पहेलियाँ हल करके अपना मन सक्रिय रखते हैं।
- The history of the region is a jigsaw of many cultures.
इस क्षेत्र का इतिहास कई संस्कृतियों की एक जटिल पहेली है।
- She cut a star shape in the plywood with a jigsaw.
उसने जिग्सॉ से प्लाईवुड में तारे की आकृति काटी।
- The students pieced the jigsaw of the case together.
विद्यार्थियों ने मामले की पहेली के टुकड़े जोड़ लिए।
- A jigsaw with a thousand pieces needs patience.
हज़ार टुकड़ों वाली जिग्सॉ पहेली में धैर्य चाहिए।
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✗ He is fixing the jigsaw puzzles pieces.
✓ He is fixing the jigsaw puzzle pieces.
A noun used as a modifier does not take plural s.
Modifier के रूप में आने वाला noun plural 's' नहीं लेता।
✗ I like to play jigsaw.
✓ I like to do jigsaws.
Jigsaw puzzles are done or completed, not played.
Jigsaw पहेली के साथ 'do' या 'complete' आता है, 'play' नहीं।