tessera

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A small square piece of stone, wood,ivory or glass used for making a mosaic
(Plural Tesserae) A small segment of glass ceramic marble, earthenware, etc which is joined by others to produce a mosaic GANTAD
A small cubed block used to make a mosaic Generally made of stone or pottery
A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc
a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
Bit of coloured glass, ceramic tile, or stone used in a mosaic
{i} mosaic tile; small tablet of wood or bone that was used as a token or ticket in ancient Greece and Rome
A tile; polygonal ground
used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes
These are the small tiles that the Romans used to create mosaic floors (the plural is tesserae)
tesserae
Small cubes of coloured marble, stone or glass from which a mosaic is made
tesserae
The small pieces of colored stone used for the creation of a mosaic
tesserae
the small pieces of stone, glass, or other object that is pieced together with many others to create a mosaic
tessera

    Hyphenation

    tes·ser·a

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    Etymology

    [ 'te-s&-r& ] (noun.) circa 1656. Latin tessera (a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides) < Greek τέσσερα (four).
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