NOUN | artifact | tessera | a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics |
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Meaning | A small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics. | |
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Part of | mosaic | art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass |
Narrower | tessella | A small tessera |
Broader | tile | A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber / rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces |
Spanish | tessera | |
Catalan | tessel·la, tessera | |
Verbs | tessellate | tile with tesserae |
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