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What is the noun for patch?

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patch

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant).
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size);
(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
An area of professional responsibility
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
(medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
(medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
(computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
(patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
Synonyms:

plot, area, lot, strip, tract, row, allotment, bed, ground, land, parcel, border, plat, pocket, piece of land, section, field, property, clearing, acreage, region, stretch, flowerbed, piece, expanse, garden, zone, space, sweep, district, spread, estate, part, swath, herbaceous border, division, piece of ground, site, cluster, location, flower bed, yard, homesite, turf, erf, stand, garden plot, centre, shrub border, island … more

Examples:

“At the time of Alexander the Great, the Roman empire was no more than a little patch of land in the heart of Italy.”

“These infections can have effects ranging from an irritating patch of itchy skin to a life-threatening condition.”

“We simply sewed a patch taken from the leg of a spare pair of trousers over the letters.”

patchwork

A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece.
(derogatory) a state of regulations the constituents of which have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation to each other
Synonyms:

plaid, mosaic, pattern, tartan, check, checker, montage, collage, tessellation, assortment, jumble, mishmash, miscellany, medley, variety, hodgepodge, potpourri, hash, hotchpotch, pastiche, farrago, muddle, ragbag, motley, clutter, agglomeration, miscellanea, smorgasbord, stew, mixture, menagerie, litter, rummage, welter, scramble, tumble, botch, agglomerate, salad, gallimaufry, gumbo, jambalaya, salmagundi, jungle, olio, shuffle, ragout, mess … more

Examples:

“The fabric was a patchwork of rich purples, reds, burgundies and blues.”

“It was like another country in a land consisting of a patchwork of ecosystems where the only constant is a mountain view.”

patchery

Hypocrisy; trickery.
That which is thrown or sown together usually clumsily or with different color and textures, like patchwork.
(Britain, military, historical) Living quarters for married soldiers.
Examples:

“The Chinese mourn in white, and some of us in Harlequin-like patchery, as though believing motley to be the only wear.”

patchset

(computing) A set of software patches.

patch

(archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“At the time of Alexander the Great, the Roman empire was no more than a little patch of land in the heart of Italy.”

“These infections can have effects ranging from an irritating patch of itchy skin to a life-threatening condition.”

“We simply sewed a patch taken from the leg of a spare pair of trousers over the letters.”

patchiness

The condition of being patchy.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“The patchiness of the movie's plot made it difficult to follow the storyline consistently.”

“The patchiness of his work was apparent, as some sections were meticulously detailed while others were hastily done.”

“April's patchiness means that the good rainfall Aprils are the now-and-again events.”

patchworking

The making of patchworks

patcher

A person who patches something.
Synonyms:

repairer, mender, corrector, fixer, rebuilder, renovator, tinker, tinsmith

Examples:

“Not the original Homer, but some later matcher and patcher, imitator or redactor.”

“What sort of a servant-girl is it, the chocolate maker, the washwoman, or the clothes patcher of the Governor Tastuanes?”

“He's been a formworker, concreter, paver, labourer, patcher and ganger, driven forklifts and all-terrain vehicles on construction sites across the northern state.”

patchcoat