terrazzo
/təˈɹɑːtsoʊ/
terrazzo noun: a faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
Noun
terrazzo (countable and uncountable, plural terrazzos)
- A faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
- 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.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 265
- Richard Sammons[…] began by leaving the ground floor studio pretty much as he found it, with 15-foot ceilings and a black terrazzo floor.2007 January 4, Fred A. Bernstein, “Art Above and Below, With Life in the Middle”, in New York Times
Forms of terrazzo
| plural | terrazzos |
|---|---|
| alternative form | terrazo |
Origin of terrazzo
Borrowed from Italian terrazzo.
Questions about terrazzo
- What does terrazzo mean?
- Terrazzo means a faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
- What part of speech is terrazzo?
- Terrazzo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce terrazzo?
- Terrazzo is pronounced /təˈɹɑːtsoʊ/.
- What is the plural of terrazzo?
- The plural of terrazzo is terrazzos.
Words near terrazzo in the dictionary
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