breccia
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From Italian breccia, from Germanic.
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breccia (usually uncountable; plural breccias)
- (geology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 24:
- Courses of angular boulders line the rim of the volcano, the remains of its last explosive phase, resulting in a volcanic breccia.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 24:
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- IPA: /ˈbrɛttʃa/
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breccia f. (plural brecce)
