mosaic
noun/məʊˈzeɪɪk/
/məʊˈzeɪɪk/
[countable, uncountable]- a picture or pattern made by placing together small pieces of glass, stone, etc. of different colours
- a Roman mosaic
- a design in mosaic
- mosaic tiles
- (figurative) A mosaic of fields, rivers and woods lay below us.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMosaic is used before these nouns:- tile
Word Originlate Middle English: from French mosaïque, based on Latin musi(v)um decoration with small square stones, perhaps ultimately from Greek mousa ‘a muse’.Definitions on the go
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