montage — meaning in English

English meaning

• cutting noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
• montage noun A single work made by combining separate pieces — images, clips, sounds, or text — into one composition.

Senses

montage is used for these senses in English:

• cutting (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
• montage (countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. [from early 20th c.]

cutting — full definition

1. noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
2. noun A clipping cut from a newspaper or other printed text.
3. noun A channel dug through higher ground at a lower level than the surrounding land, for a road, railway, or canal to pass through.
4. adj Sharp or piercing, especially of remarks or criticism.

montage — full definition

1. noun A single work made by combining separate pieces — images, clips, sounds, or text — into one composition.
2. noun A film or video sequence made of short clips edited together, often to condense the passage of time.

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