patches
nounUK /ˈpætʃɪz/
US /ˈpætʃɪz/
Small pieces of cloth or material used to cover holes.
Grandma sewed patches on my torn jeans.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Small areas that are different from what is around them.
There were patches of snow on the grass.
3. Small sticky strips used to cover a cut on your skin.
He put a patch on his scraped knee.
4. Small pieces of software that fix problems in a computer program.
The game company released a patch to fix the bugs.