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terrazzo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /-zoʊ/
• /-ˈɹæ-/
• /tɛ-/
• /təˈɹɑːtsoʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terrazzo.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • When they removed existing white tiles in the breakfast room, they discovered more terrazzo in a diamond pattern. 2026 May 14, Stacie Stukin, “Historic Opportunity”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 76:

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