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collage

Main Entry:: col·lage
Pronunciation:: \kə-ˈläzh, kȯ-, kō-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: French, literally, gluing, from coller to glue, from colle glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla, from Greek kolla
Date:: 1919

1 a: an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface b: a creative work that resembles such a composition in incorporating various materials or elements <the album is a collage of several musical styles>2: the art of making collages3: hodgepodge <a collage of ideas>4: a work (as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions

— collage transitive verb

— col·lag·ist

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\-ˈlä-zhist\ noun

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