A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
Each of the small pieces used in mosaic work, such as the glazed tiles on bathroom floors or in tub and shower surrounds.
The small piece of stone, glass, or other object that is pieced together with many others to create a mosaic.
Bit of colored glass, ceramic tile, or stone used in a mosaic.
Reference to squares or individual pieces of a mosaic. Also a reference to pieces of glass or other substances.
A type of region on the planet Venus that resembles the broken-up surface of mosaics. ( photo)
a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
(tesserae): Small cubes of stone or glass used to create mosaics; gold and silver tessarae utilize a layer of foil behind clear glass.
the basic unit of mosaic. A small piece of glass or stone, or any other material suitable for mosaic work, cut to a square, rectangular, triangular or other regular shape.(pl.- tesserae)
(Plural: Tesserae): From the Greek for “four sided,” the term is said to have first ben used by Pliny when referring to pavements made of such cubes. The pieces which make up a mosaic, usually a hard inorganic material such as marble, stone, opaque enamel, glass or other mineral substance, natural or man-made.
Cut pieces of marble, glass, or other mosaic material.
(pl: tesserae): Individual mosaic tile.
a squarish piece of stone or glass used in mosaics
A small piece of colored stone, marble, glass, or gold-backed glass used in a mosaic.
A tile; polygonal ground.
A small chip of glass or marble used in mosaic formations.
12.24.8 up Piece of tile, ticket
3/4-inch square glass tiles used to make mosaic patterns.
(Latin, "small square tablet or block") A small piece of glass or other suitable material, used in the formation of mosaics.
A tessera (plural: tesserae, diminutive tessella) is an individual tile in a mosaic, usually formed in the shape of a cube.
