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Collage

/kɒˈlɑːʒ/

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.

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📖 Definitions of "Collage"

noun

1
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.
2
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.
3
The technique of producing a work of art of this kind.

verb

1
To make into a collage.

🔄 Synonyms of "Collage"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
montagenoun	(countable, television and film) A sequence of brief clips, often set to music, used to compress a long event or series of events into a short scene.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Collage"

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Word	Definition
montagenoun	(countable, television and film) A sequence of brief clips, often set to music, used to compress a long event or series of events into a short scene.
compositionnoun	A work of music, literature or art.
bondingnoun	The act by which something is bonded or joined together.
constructionnoun	The process of constructing.
installationnoun	An act of installing.
fixturenoun	(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
membershipnoun	The state of being a member of a group or organization.
mountingnoun	The act of one who mounts.
fittingnoun	A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
finingnoun	(Cambridge University slang) The activity of fining in general, as part of a meal or drinking game; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to sconcing at Oxford University.
photocollagenoun	A form of collage made by assembling photographs.
photomontagenoun	(photography) A composite image combining two or more photographs.
papier collénoun	An art technique in which pieces of flat material (paper, oilcloth, etc.) are pasted into a painting in much in the same way as a collage, except that the pasted pieces represent objects in the painting.
mosaicnoun	A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
pasteupnoun	A sheet on which text, images, etc. are pasted in order to be copied and printed, such as for an advertisement.
decoupagenoun	An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated
composographnoun	(dated) A retouched photographic collage formerly used in sensationalist journalism.
compositenoun	A mixture of different components.
pasticcionoun	A medley; an olio.
collotypenoun	(uncountable) A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.