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tesselated

Syllables: tes·sel·lated/ˈte.sə.lei.tid/

tesselated adjective: covered with pieces that are identically shaped. Also the simple past and past participle of tesselate.

Adjective

tesselated (not comparable)

  1. Covered with pieces that are identically shaped.
    • Salt rising and dumplings have given way to tessellated floors and Chopin nocturnes.1912 March 5, Hugh S. Fullerton, “Eating: A Study in the Preparation, Location, and Mastication of Food, and a Directory of the Principal Good Things to Eat in America”, in The American Magazine...

Also used as

tesselated is also the simple past and past participle of tesselate.

Questions about tesselated

What does tesselated mean?
Tesselated means covered with pieces that are identically shaped.
What part of speech is tesselated?
Tesselated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tesselated?
Tesselated is pronounced /ˈte.sə.lei.tid/.

Words near tesselated in the dictionary

  1. tessarine
  2. tessarines
  3. TESSAs
  4. tesselar
  5. tesselate
  6. tesselated
  7. tesselates
  8. tesselating
  9. tesselation
  10. tesselations
  11. tessella

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