assemblage

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noun

1. A quantity accumulated: accumulation, aggregation, amassment, collection, congeries, cumulation, gathering, mass. See collect/distribute.
2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal get-together. See collect/distribute.

Definition: gathering of people
Antonyms: dispersal, scattering

[ah-sahm-BLAHJ] French for "assembling," referring to art of blending. In bordeaux assemblage describes the activity of judging the wines made from different lots (which can come from different varieties, the same variety from different parts of the vineyard, or grapes picked at different times and therefore showing different levels of sugar) and determining which lots are suitable for a château's final wines. In some cases, the wine will go into the premium brand; in other cases, it'll go into a second label or even be sold off in bulk. In a poor year, a château may decide not to produce any of its premium brand wines at all. In champagne a similar process is employed (particularly with non-vintage champagnes) in order to achieve a "house style" that's consistent from year to year. This requires reviewing batches of wines from different vineyards, grapes, and years to blend the appropriate cuvée.

• Types of Sculpture - assemblage: sculptural collage of unrelated parts, materials, or objects
• Other Crafts - assemblage: arrangement of a collection of objects in aesthetic relationships or curious juxtapositions
• Celebrations, Observances, Rites, and Gatherings - assemblage: gathering of persons for specific purpose

Dansk (Danish)
n. - samling, sammenbringelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
montage, verzameling, het monteren, samengesteld voorwerp

Français (French)
n. - collection, ensemble, assemblée, (Tech) assemblage, montage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Montage, Zusammenbau, Ansammlung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνάθροιση, σύναξη, (μηχαν.) συναρμολόγηση, μοντάρισμα

Italiano (Italian)
raccolta, assemblaggio, assembramento, afflusso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - assembléia (f), reunião (f), montagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
собрание, сбор

Español (Spanish)
n. - colección, montaje, ensambladura, reunión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samling, montering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
集会, 集合, 装配

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 集會, 集合, 裝配

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회중, 집합, 회음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 集まり, 集団, 集合, 組み立て

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جمع من الناس, , مجموعه, تجميع, تركيب, تجمع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איסוף, אוסף, הרכבה, דבר המורכב מחלקים שהותאמו זה לזה, יצירת אמנות המורכבת מחלקים שנאספו‬

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