English Explanatory Dictionary

assemblage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of assembling or bringing together.
  2. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
  3. A gathering of people.
  4. A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.
  5. A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.

Pronunciation

/əˈsɛmblɪd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-assemblage.wav

Word forms

assemblage assemblages

Etymology

Borrowed from French assemblage. By surface analysis, assemble + -age.

Synonyms

group assemblage congregation crowd flock horde huddle legion mass multitude press slew throng

Related words

collage

Derived words

assemblage point assemblage theory assemblagist faunal assemblage ichnoassemblage interassemblage of assemblage palynoassemblage reassemblage subassemblage superassemblage
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