assemblage
/əˈsɛmblɪd͡ʒ/ noun C2- The process of assembling or bringing together. · the assemblage of words and recordings
- A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
- A gathering of people.
- A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.
- A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.
Plural assemblages
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As he spoke several of the beasts caught sight of him, and at once the great assemblage hushed as if by magic.
Meanwhile he advanced through the assemblage of guests under a battery of curious glances towards Madame de Morcerf, who, standing before a mantle-piece ornamented with flowers, had seen his entrance in a looking-glass placed opposite the door, and was prepared to receive him.
There, crouched against the side of the wall which attracts and retains the most heat, they may be seen sometimes talking to one another, but more frequently alone, watching the door, which sometimes opens to call forth one from the gloomy assemblage, or to throw in another outcast from society.
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