collage
verbEtymology Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.
1
To make into a collage.
- collage the picture together.
- Derived terms
- collager
collage
nounUK /kɒˈlɑːʒ/ · US /kəˈlɑʒ/
Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.
1
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
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.
- Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
- Richard Brautigan's novel So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a collage of memories.
3
The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.
- Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
- Derived terms
- collage film, collagelike, collage novel, collagey, collagic, collagist, collagistic, decollage, photocollage