assemblage

as·sem·blage

A0471200 (ə-sĕm′blĭj)n.1. a. The act of assembling.b. The state of being assembled.2. A collection of people or things; a gathering.3. A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.4. A fitting together of parts, as those in a machine.5. A sculptural composition consisting of an arrangement of miscellaneous objects or found materials.

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as·sem′blag·ist n.

assemblage

(əˈsɛmblɪdʒ) n1. a number of things or persons assembled together; collection; assembly2. (Cookery) a list of dishes served at a meal or the dishes themselves3. the act or process of assembling or the state of being assembled4. (Art Terms) a three-dimensional work of art that combines various objects into an integrated whole

as•sem•blage

(əˈsɛm blɪdʒ; for 3 also Fr. a sɑ̃ˈblaʒ)

n. 1. a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate. 2. the act of assembling or the state of being assembled. 3. a. a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects. b. a work of art produced by this technique. [1695–1705] as•sem•blag•ist (əˈsɛm blə dʒɪst, ˌæs ɑmˈblɑ ʒɪst) n.

Assemblage

 a collection of individuals or things; a number of persons gathered together, a gathering. See also assembly, cluster, collection, concourse, group.Examples: assemblage of all ages and nations, 1741; of grace; of ideas, 1704; of mighty heroes, 1877; of ladies, 1809; of rocks, 1748; of skaters.

assemblage

Sculpture creation by constructing the work from diverse objects. Compare carving.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	assemblage - a group of persons together in one placegatheringsocial group - people sharing some social relationbuilding - the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"carload - a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobilecontingent - a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"floor - the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"pair - two people considered as a unitroom - the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering"threesome, triad, trinity, trio - three people considered as a unitturnout - the group that gathers together for a particular occasion; "a large turnout for the meeting"foursome, quartette, quartet - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."fivesome, quintette, quintet - five people considered as a unitsixsome, sextette, sextet - six people considered as a unitsevensome, septette, septet - seven people considered as a uniteightsome, octette, octet - eight people considered as a unitassembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purposecrowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of peopleaudience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"municipality - people living in a town or city having local self-governmentcast, cast of characters, dramatis personae - the actors in a playgrade, class, course, form - a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"year, class - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowshipbunch, crowd, gang, crew - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"covey - a small collection of peoplequorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct businessmass meeting, rally - a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasmcommune - a body of people or families living together and sharing everythingconvocation - a group gathered in response to a summonsfair - gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"bevy - a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him"entourage, retinue, cortege, suite - the group following and attending to some important personcamp - a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"rap group - a gathering of people holding a rap sessionrave-up - a raucous gatheringtable - a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines
	2.	assemblage - a system of components assembled together for a particular purposehookupsystem - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
	3.	assemblage - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly"gathering, assemblygroup action - action taken by a group of peoplemobilisation, mobilization - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources"calling together, convocation - the act of convokingcoming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"congregating, congregation - the act of congregatingconvening, convention - the act of conveningconcentration - bringing together military forces
	4.	assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a wholeaggregation, collection, accumulationgroup, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unitprocession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugsstring - a collection of objects threaded on a single strandwardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one personwardrobe - collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical companyuniverse, population - (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicineart collection - a collection of art worksbacklog - an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"block - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"rule book, book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"book - a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card gamebottle collection - a collection of bottles; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window"caboodle, bunch, lot - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"coin collection - a collection of coinscollage - any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories"content - everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"tout ensemble, ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a wholecorpus - a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"tenantry - tenants of an estate considered as a groupfindings - a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoesflagging - flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place"flinders - bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage"pack - a complete collection of similar thingsdeal, hand - the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"long suit - in a hand, the suit having the most cardsherbarium - a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for studystamp collection - a collection of stampsstatuary - statues collectivelysum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"agglomeration - a jumbled collection or massgimmickry - a collection of gimmicksnuclear club - the nations possessing nuclear weaponscumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each othermass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)combination - a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualitiescongregation - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"hit parade - a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kindJudaica - historical and literary materials relating to Judaismkludge - a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)program library, subroutine library, library - (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate uselibrary - a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowingmythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or personbiota, biology - all the plant and animal life of a particular regionfauna, zoology - all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch"

assemblage

noun group, company, meeting, body, crowd, collection, mass, gathering, rally, assembly, flock, congregation, accumulation, multitude, throng, hui (N.Z.), conclave, aggregation, convocation an assemblage of German officers

assemblage

noun1. A quantity accumulated:accumulation, aggregation, amassment, collection, congeries, cumulation, gathering, mass.2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop.Informal: get-together.

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