collage

A picture made by joining different pictures or pieces of material on one surface or screen.

• We made a collage of family photos.
• She glued colored paper onto her collage.
• The children’s collages covered the classroom wall.

Similar words: photomontage

Common phrases: photo collage, make a collage, digital collage

A work or collection made by putting together different kinds of material, images, sounds, or ideas.

• The song is a collage of voices.
• His novel presents a collage of childhood memories.
• The performance combined poems and music into a lively collage.

How to use it: a collage of something (The film is a collage of interviews and old recordings.)

Similar words: montage, assemblage

Common phrases: collage of something, musical collage, collage of sounds

The art of making pictures or other works by joining separate pieces of material.

• We learned collage in art class.
• She uses collage to explore different textures.
• The workshop introduces painting, drawing, and collage.

Similar words: bricolage, montage

Common phrases: use collage, collage technique, collage workshop

To join separate pictures or pieces of material into one work of art.

• We collaged pictures of flowers together.
• She collages magazine images onto wooden boards.
• Try collaging your old photographs into a new picture.

How to use it: collage something together (She collaged the photographs together into a city scene.); collage something onto something (He collaged scraps of paper onto the canvas.)

Common phrases: collage something together, collage pictures, collage something onto something