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BRECCIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does breccia mean?
• BRECCIA (noun)
The noun BRECCIA has 1 sense:
1. a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand
Familiarity information: BRECCIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("breccia" is a kind of...):
rudaceous rock (a sedimentary rock formed of coarse-grained material)
Derivation:
brecciate (break into breccia)
brecciate (form into breccia)
Context examples
The indications would be consistent with the presence of a saber-toothed tiger, such as are still found among the breccia of our caverns; but the creature actually seen was undoubtedly of a larger and more reptilian character.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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