terrazzo

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terrazzo

/təˈɹɑːtsoʊ/
/tɛ-/
/-ˈɹæ-/
/-zoʊ/

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Borrowed from Italian terrazzo.

noun terrazzos · terrazo

countable, uncountable A faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops. 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.

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@misc{terrazzo_2026,
  title = {terrazzo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/terrazzo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}