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noun An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color.
noun A work, such as a literary piece, composed of both borrowed and original material.
noun The art of creating such compositions.

Then you can make a collage, adding a signature and a seal or logo to a document, and with the right machine settings you can produce a flawless photocopy that no expert in the world would question. — Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
The unfolding landscape had the neatness of a needlework collage, the clusters of woodland worked in knots of dark green wool, the linen fields, some in muted colours of brown, pale gold and green, and the winding side roads and the rivers laid out in strips of glistening silk. — The Lighthouse
The soundtrack and the collage are my touchstones that keep the big things in the book in my head while I obsess over the small things.
Also, a collage is a collection of items, such as photos, to be displayed as art. — Lowell Sun Forum
(yellowdogphotog [at] gmail [dot] com) the word (s) / name (s) you want in your collage, and I'll e-mail you back when your collage is available in the shop for order. — Dog's Eye View