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COLLAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
Example:
he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
Synonyms:
collage; montage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("collage" is a kind of...):
paste-up (a composition of flat objects pasted on a board or other backing)
icon; ikon; image; picture (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collage"):
photomontage (a montage that uses photographic images)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any collection of diverse things
Example:
a collage of memories
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("collage" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
