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pietra dura

pietra dura noun: a decorative art, the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images.

Noun

pietra dura (uncountable)

  1. A decorative art, the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images.
    • A Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble.

Origin of pietra dura

Italian, literally "hard stone".

Questions about pietra dura

What does pietra dura mean?
Pietra dura means a decorative art, the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images.
What part of speech is pietra dura?
Pietra dura is a noun.

Words near pietra dura in the dictionary

  1. pietist
  2. pietistic
  3. pietistical
  4. pietistically
  5. pietists
  6. pietra dura
  7. pietra fungaia
  8. Pietrari
  9. Pietri
  10. Pietris
  11. Pietro

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