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Meaning of bricolage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/

Definitions

  1. Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
    uncountable
  2. Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
    countable
  3. 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
  4. An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
    countable

Equivalents

Deutsch Bastelei
Español bricolaje
Suomi askartelu

Examples

“Near-synonyms: collage, montage”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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