Terrazzo Definition

tə-răzō, tĕ-rätsō
noun
Flooring made of small chips of marble set in cement and polished.
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Origin of Terrazzo

  • Italian perhaps from Old Provençal terrassa terrace terrace

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian terrazzo.

    From Wiktionary

Terrazzo Sentence Examples

  • Terrazzo marble in Venetian mosaic is used for the floors of the entrance hall and corridors, and the steps of the staircase.

  • Flooring materials tend to be tiles made from ceramics or terracotta, wide wooden planks, travertine, terrazzo, or marble with decorative inlays.

  • Consider adding glass, terrazzo, ceramic, marble, and even teak in the bathroom.

  • Terrazzo is a good example of this type of tile.

  • You should not polish a stone or terrazzo floor with a smooth texture - it will be dangerously slippery.

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Words Starting With

TTETER

Words Ending With

OZOZZO

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