collage
UK /kɒˈlɑːʒ/ · US /kəˈlɑʒ/ noun, verb
Forms collages collaging collaged
- noun A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
- noun A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc. “Richard Brautigan's novel So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a collage of memories.”
- noun (uncountable) The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.
- verb (transitive) To make into a collage. “collage the picture together.”
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.
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