Main Entry: col·lage

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈläzh, kȯ-, kō-\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, literally, gluing, from coller to glue, from colle glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla, from Greek kolla

Date: 1919

1 a : an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface b : a creative work that resembles such a composition in incorporating various materials or elements <the album is a collage of several musical styles>
2 : the art of making collages
3 : hodgepodge <a collage of ideas>
4 : a work (as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions

— collage transitive verb

— col·lag·ist \-ˈlä-zhist\ noun