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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"
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
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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