breccia
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Basalt_breccia.jpg/220px-Basalt_breccia.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Vulgar Latin *breca, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *breka.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/, /ˈbɹɛʃ.i.ə/
Noun
[edit]breccia (usually uncountable, plural breccias)
- (petrology) 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, published 2011, page 24:
- Courses of angular boulders line the rim of the volcano, the remains of its last explosive phase, resulting in a volcanic breccia.
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]breccia f (plural brecce)
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[edit]- → English: breccia
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