terrazzo
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See also terrazzò
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian terrazzo.
Noun [edit]
terrazzo (uncountable)
- A faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 265:
- A fibreglass fish should have been spewing water into a terrazzo fountain, but the pipes had not yet been connected and bags of cement were heaped in the basin.
- 2007 January 4, Fred A. Bernstein, “Art Above and Below, With Life in the Middle”:
- Richard Sammons […] began by leaving the ground floor studio pretty much as he found it, with 15-foot ceilings and a black terrazzo floor.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 265:
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Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
terrazzo m (plural terrazzi)
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Verb [edit]
terrazzo
- first-person singular present indicative of terrazzare
