mosaic
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- noun
- /moʊˈzeɪɪk/
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mosaico
- With their bright, two-dimensional images, the tile mosaics hark back to the ancient Byzantine churches.
- a mosaic floor
- a wall mosaic
- a Roman mosaic
This is from the Roman mosaics, the satire.
- This is from the Roman mosaics, the satire.
- I don't know what I said, mirror MO mirror mosaics.
Examples
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We are each taking a colorful piece of glass and making a mosaic to create one unified mezuzah.
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The garden side of the wall was inlaid with an intricate mosaic, nearly covered over by ivy.
Fiction book (1993) -
Anyone have experience with stone mosaic repair?
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The floor of the hall below was a mosaic featuring the image of a dolphin.
Fiction book (1994) -
There is a larger fountain here, the mosaic at the bottom flecked with gold.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's front facade is decorated with these beautiful mosaics and then the intricate carving that you see.
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That building, paved and panelled with marble vaults aglow with glass mosaic, was suitably gargantuan, with space for thousands of bathers.
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The floor of the hall below was a mosaic featuring the image of a dolphin.
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We are each taking a colorful piece of glass and making a mosaic to create one unified mezuzah.
Synonyms
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A pattern of shapes that fit together without gaps, like tiles or honeycombs
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An arrangement of tiles that covers a surface without gaps
The craft of making decorative surfaces using tiles
A bright pattern of many different parts like tiles or cultures
Compounds
- Formal
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Religious rules God gave to the Israelites through Moses in the first five books of the Bible
- Specialized
A large image that shows a wide area by joining many photos taken from the air
- Specialized
A disease caused by a virus that makes potato leaves show pale and dark patches
- Specialized
A disease caused by a virus that makes plant leaves show yellow patches, often in tobacco plants
- Specialized
A virus that infects tobacco and other plants, making leaves show light and dark patches
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mosaic comes from a Greek word meaning 'of the Muses', the goddesses of art, and is the same root as music. It originally named a work of art and later came to mean a picture made of many small colored pieces, which is why mosaics decorate walls and floors.