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tezontle

tezontle noun: a porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.

Noun

tezontle (uncountable)

  1. A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.

Origin of tezontle

Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).

Questions about tezontle

What does tezontle mean?
Tezontle means a porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.
What part of speech is tezontle?
Tezontle is a noun.

Words near tezontle in the dictionary

  1. Tezeno
  2. Tezenos
  3. tezepelumab
  4. tezkere
  5. tezkeres
  6. tezontle
  7. tezosentan
  8. Tezuka
  9. Tezukas
  10. Tezza
  11. Tezze sul Brenta

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