macédoine

noun

ˌma-sə-ˈdwän How to pronounce macédoine (audio)
Definition of macédoinenext
as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things a quirky secondhand bookstore with a macédoine of out-of-print titles

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Recent Examples of macédoine It was surrounded by a classic macedoine of strawberries with basil. — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for macédoine
  1. variety
  2. medley
  3. salad
  4. jumble
  5. ragout
  6. patchwork quilt
  7. patchwork
Noun
  • For families Traveling families have a variety of room choices, with some suites offering kitchenettes, separate living areas, multiple rooms, and private balconies to spread out.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Across six hour-long episodes, the show follows a variety of urban animals to uncover the challenges of living alongside the human race.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of variety
Noun
  • After an opening medley that spans New Orleans jazz and bounce, the record’s signposts grow increasingly fuzzy.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The monitoring detected a medley of air contaminants commonly associated with burning fossil fuels.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of medley
Noun
  • In this recipe, they’re paired with tuna, tender greens, peperoncini, and celery for a bright, savory salad.
    — Emily Laurence Sardinha, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Downstairs, Angelica focuses on all-day European brasserie hits—rabbit rillettes, gravlax, and pickled cucumber salad—while the Bar Gambit leans moodier and more underground, attracting a particular post-work creative Fitzrovia crowd.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of salad
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • Customization options include hot toppings of sumac cauliflower and eggplant ragout and cold toppings of garbanzo beans, diced beets, kalamata olives, pickled turnips, cherry peppers, sumac onions, tomato-cucumber mix.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Enjoy a Dover sole in lemon and caper butter, or a white onion tart with mushroom ragout.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of ragout
Noun
  • Instead, the island became self-sufficient, with the majority of residents managing their own farmland, with the island still bearing its patchwork quilt of stone walls and boundary lines.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Or — most recently — the patchwork quilt of eligibility lawsuits across the nation, with circumstances that seem to change by the hour?
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of patchwork quilt
Noun
  • The nearly 289,000-acre forest is interspersed with private property, farms, communities and roads, creating a patchwork of public and private lands across southern Illinois.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Without that alignment, organizations risk creating a patchwork of disconnected AI point solutions that introduce integration complexity, technical debt and inconsistent experiences.
    — Salvatore Lombardo, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of patchwork

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“Macédoine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mac%C3%A9doine. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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