collage
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally…A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
» Ziri made a collage from various pictures.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
Collage
колла́жkolláž
(countable, uncountable)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.
колла́жkolláž
(uncountable)The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.
Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
колла́жkolláž
- a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- any collection of diverse things
Examples
8 sentencesZiri made a collage from various pictures.
I'm going to use rice for my collage.
Your mother put your collage in the top drawer.
I glued the last piece of my collage with success.
When autumn comes, the children paste beautiful leaves into collages.
deWenn der Herbst kommt, kleben die Kinder aus schönen Laubblättern Collagen. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.
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Forms
plural: collagesSynonyms
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9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable