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collage
col·lage
[
kə l
]
(
plural
col·lages
)
noun
Definition:
1.
picture with pieces stuck on surface:
a picture made by sticking cloth, pieces of paper, photographs, and other objects onto a surface
2.
art of making collages:
the art of making pictures by sticking cloth, pieces of paper, photographs, and other objects onto a surface
3.
combination of different things:
a combination of different things
[
Early 20th century. < French
coller
"to glue" <
colle
"glue" < Greek
kolla
]
col·lage
transitive and intransitive verb
col·lag·ist
noun
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col·lage transitive and intransitive verbcol·lag·ist noun
