1. a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image (Freq. 17) - he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map • Syn: montage • Hypernyms: paste-up, picture, image, icon, ikon • Hyponyms: photomontage 2. any collection of diverse things - a collage of memories • Hypernyms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage