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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Construction using whatever materials were available at the time. uncountable
2. 2
   construction of something by whatever material are available wordnet
3. 3
   Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time. countable
4. 4
   A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty). uncountable

   "Near-synonyms: collage, montage"

5. 5
   An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use. countable

   "Near-synonyms: collage, montage"

Synonyms

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collagemontage

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"Near-synonyms: collage, montage"

Etymology

Borrowed from French bricolage.

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