A collage is a picture that has been made by sticking pieces of coloured paper and cloth onto paper.
2. uncountable noun
Collage is the method of making pictures by sticking pieces of coloured paper and cloth onto paper.
3. countable noun [usually NOUNof noun]
You can refer to something that has been made by combining a number of very different things as a collageof a particular kind.
Rego's work is a rich collage of 20th-century painting styles.
collage in British English
(kəˈlɑːʒ, kɒ-, French kɔlaʒ)
noun
1.
an art form in which compositions are made out of pieces of paper, cloth, photographs, and other miscellaneous objects, juxtaposed and pasted on a dry ground
2.
a composition made in this way
3.
any work, such as a piece of music, created by combining unrelated styles
Derived forms
collagist (colˈlagist)
noun
Word origin
C20: French, from coller to stick, from colle glue, from Greek kolla
collage in American English
(kəˈlɑʒ)
noun
1.
an art form in which, variously, small objects, bits of newspaper, cloth, pressed flowers, etc. are pasted together on a surface in incongruous relationship for their symbolic or suggestive effect
2.
a composition so made
3.
any collection of seemingly unrelated bits and parts, as in a photomontage
verb transitiveWord forms: colˈlaged or colˈlaging
This super cute collage print dress ticks all the boxes for both the spring and the summer.
The Sun (2007)
Add to giant art collages and climb aboard some of the ships.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They make a huge amount of money by selling drawings, collages and models for their pieces.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This book is a self-portrait in collage form.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The London show includes light sculptures and collages.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A box covered in a collage of family photographs makes a very personal present.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A collage approach might work with him.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I begin by pencil drawing and collage and do the bulk of the work digitally.
The Sun (2013)
Most run from 8-12 minutes and are collages of music, interviews and conversation.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I'm a pretty impatient person, so collage really works for me.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Instead, make a collage using pictures of your friends and celebrities that have bodies and healthy lifestyles you admire, then stick it on the fridge.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
collage
British English: collage NOUN
A collage is a picture that has been made by sticking pieces of coloured paper and cloth onto paper.
...a collage of words and pictures from magazines.