Meaning & use

collage

noun·Academic

An artistic composition made by assembling different materials, such as paper, photographs, and fabric, onto a surface.

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The students made a collage of magazine cutouts to represent their hopes for the future.

Her studio wall was covered with a collage of old concert tickets and photographs.

A note on using this word

Collage can also describe any varied mixture of things, as in 'a collage of memories,' beyond the visual art technique.

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