I. kəˈläzh noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, gluing, pasting, from coller to glue (from colle glue, from — assumed — Vulgar Latin colla, from Greek kolla ) + -age — more at protocol
1. : an artistic composition of fragments of printed matter and other materials pasted on a picture surface: as
a. : a cubist composition in which pieces of paper, string, and textile are used to represent planes and textures
b. : a surrealist pictorial composition in which figures from engravings, photographs, and printed illustrations are shown in an incongruous environment
2. : the art of making collages
3. : photomontage
4. : an assembly of diverse fragments
a weekly collage of cartoons, satirical sketches, and interviews that calls attention to the madness of our time — Ben Harte
II. noun
: a work (as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions
III. kəˈläzh transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: collage , noun
: to assemble or create a collage from ; also : to make a collage on