tesserae
- plural of tessera.
Example Sentences
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Back in the lab, in late June 2022, Estrada-Belli homed in on the chunks of jade, known to archaeologists as tesserae.
From National Geographic • Jan. 26, 2024
If the tesserae truly are continental rocks akin to those on Earth, it would have taken a lot of water to make them.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2021
The artist centered a silhouette, thick around the neck, built out of multicolored tesserae, in the painting.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021
The action scene at the center is surrounded by tesserae fashioned as decorative braiding.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2016
Once, because I had to, and three times for tesserae for grain and oil for myself, Prim, and my mother.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
