Definition of Collage

1. Noun. A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image. "He used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map"

Exact synonyms: Montage
Generic synonyms: Paste-up, Icon, Ikon, Image, Picture
Specialized synonyms: Photomontage

2. Noun. Any collection of diverse things. "A collage of memories"

Definition of Collage

1. Noun. A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface. ¹

2. 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.. ¹

3. Noun. The technique of producing such a work of art that is a collage. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To make into a collage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collage

1. to arrange materials in a collage (a kind of artistic composition) [v -LAGED, -LAGING, -LAGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collage

collaborationists
collaborations
collaborative
collaborative authoring
collaborative client
collaborative creation
collaboratively
collaborativeness
collaboratives
collaborator
collaborators
collaboratory
collabos
collabs
collacin
collage (current term)
collage film
collaged
collagelike
collagen
collagen-vascular diseases
collagen diseases
collagen fibre
collagen fibrils
collagen injection
collagen telopeptidase
collagenase
collagenase A
collagenases
collagenation

Literary usage of Collage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"... so all the sonnes of Adam (even from the crown to the collage ; how excellent so ever if they be excellent indeed) cannot assume a greater, a better, ..."

2. The Gold Chain: A California Family Sagaby Regina V. Phelan by Regina V. Phelan (1987)
"... Bc;uh collage - Jenny returned from Sacramento because she felt she was needed at home after her father's death. She tried to get her mother interested ..."

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