hotchpotch
Plural: hotchpotches
Noun
- a motley assortment of things
- a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables
- The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy.
- A kind of mutton broth with green peas instead of barley or rice.
- Alternative form of hodgepodge (“miscellaneous collection”).
- Alternative form of hodgepodge (“mixture of ingredients”).
Origin / Etymology
From French hochepot, from hocher (“to shake”) + pot (“pot”); of Dutch or German origin. Compare Dutch hutspot.
Synonyms
farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, collation
Scrabble Score: 25
hotchpotch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhotchpotch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hotchpotch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary