assemblage

UK: /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/

US: /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/

US: (ə sem′blij; for 3, 4 also Fr. a sän blazh′)

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as•sem•blage /əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/   n. 

1. a group of persons or things:
   [countable] a great assemblage for the royal wedding.
2. [uncountable] the act of assembling or the state of being assembled.

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as•sem•blage  (ə sem′blij; for 3, 4 also Fr. a sän blazh′), n. 

1. a group of persons or things gathered or collected;
   an assembly;
   collection;
   aggregate.
2. the act of assembling;
   state of being assembled.
3. Fine Art
   • a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.
   • a work of art produced by this technique. Cf. collage, found object, ready-made (def. 4).
4. Archaeology the aggregate of artifacts and other remains found on a site, considered as material evidence in support of a theory concerning the culture or cultures inhabiting it.

• French; see assemble, -age
• 1695–1705

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assemblage / əˈsɛmblɪdʒ/ noun

1. a number of things or persons assembled together; collection; assembly
2. the act or process of assembling or the state of being assembled
3. / ˌæsəmˈblɑːʒ/ a three-dimensional work of art that combines various objects into an integrated whole