Definition of "collage" []

• 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. (noun)
• An assemblage of diverse elements: a collage of conflicting memories. (noun)
• To paste (diverse materials) over a surface, thereby creating an artistic product. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Turner uses the word "collage" critically to represent the diffuse meanings in McDonald's vision: Collage, argues theorist Janelle G."
• "He assumed it was an artist who had been using Arbus images in collage work; I assured him it was not and I described the project."
• "One of the best things about collage is that most of what you need will already be in the home or bought inexpensively."