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TESSELLATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tessellated mean?
• TESSELLATED (adjective)
The adjective TESSELLATED has 2 senses:
1. having a checkered or mottled appearance
2. decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic
Familiarity information: TESSELLATED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a checkered or mottled appearance
Similar:
patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic
Context example:
a tessellated pavement
Similar:
adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)
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"He who does not know the falcon would grill it." (Arabic proverb)
"A closed mouth catches neither flies nor food." (Corsican proverb)