breccia

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/(UK)
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/ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/(UK) · /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/(US) · /ˈbɹɛʃ.i.ə/(US)

Definition of breccia

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
    “Courses of angular boulders line the rim of the volcano, the remains of its last explosive phase, resulting in a volcanic breccia.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Vulgar Latin *breca, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *breka.

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