montage vs plaid

montage

noun
  • The art or process of doing this. 

  • A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. 

verb
  • To combine into, or depict as, a montage. 

plaid

noun
  • The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. 

  • A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. 

  • A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. 

adj
  • Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another. 

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