tazza

American  

[taht-suh, taht-tsah] / ˈtɑt sə, ˈtɑt tsɑ /

noun

tazzas, plural tazze plural

1. a shallow, saucerlike, ornamental bowl, often having handles and usually on a high base or pedestal.

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tazza British  

/ ˈtætsə /

noun

1. a wine cup with a shallow bowl and a circular foot

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tazzas
  plural
• tazze
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tazza

1835–45; < Italian < Arabic ṭassah basin. See tass

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tazza tazzas tazze

It was extraordinary that they should be sharing this "tazza" thus.

From Time Magazine Archive

At that period very young, and equally careless, I would not have parted with my large liquid tazza, my little lake, my leafy castle, for all the vulgar comfortable chateâux in the neighbourhood.

From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Jesse, William

Upon a table near him are a silver tazza, and other objects relative to his occupation.

From Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. by Burnet, John

The works by his hand are remarkable for their ruby tint, with a beautiful metallic lustre; but only one small tazza remains in Gubbio itself.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Why, Hurst, that little tazza should be in the big cabinet yonder, where the French jewel lies.

From The King's Esquires The Jewel of France by Fenn, George Manville

The pieces were designed to serve as candlesticks, salt-cellars, tazzas, ewers, holy-water pots and dishes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

But the drinking glasses with their fragile stems are really beautiful; and so are the vases and tazzas from white glass with enamel work or filigree of delicately blended colors.

From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.

By Gasparo and Girolamo Misuroni, engravers of Milan, have been seen most beautiful vases and tazze of crystal.

From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by De Vere, Gaston du C.