collage

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  1. noun An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color.
  2. noun A work, such as a literary piece, composed of both borrowed and original material.
  3. noun The art of creating such compositions.
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  • 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.
  • A bit like a collage, where the overall effect is more the point than the parts that go to make it up Would you agree with that, Lee A Freudian would say that each phrase has to be analyzed in regards to its setting, but I am no Freudian. —  To Play the Fool
  • You scan your mouse over the collage, and the link to where the item came from, pops up over the item. —  A Fanciful Twist
  • I worked and worked and before I knew it, my collage was finished; my Marlboro Man homework assignment was done. —  PW FULL RSS FEED
  • The top photo in the collage is one that was taken several years ago, while the one at the bottom in middle, was taken in Nevada in 1972. —  OnlineAthens: Top Headlines
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  1. French, from coller, to glue, from colle, glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla, from Greek kolla.

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  1. French, < coller, glue, clarify with gelatin, < colle, < Greek κόλλα, glue.
 

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/kɑˈlɑzh/
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