breccia

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: brec=ci=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

breccia, n. [It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. brèche; of German origin. See Breach.].

 A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.  [1913 Webster]

Bone breccia, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary. -- Coin breccia, a breccia containing coins.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

breccia, n. & v.
--n. a rock of angular stones etc. cemented by finer material.
--v.tr. form into breccia.

Derivative

brecciate v.tr. brecciation n.

Etymology

It., = gravel, f. Gmc, rel. to BREAK(1)

THESAURUS

breccia

aa, abyssal rock, agglomerate, agglomeration, basalt, bedrock, block lava, brash, bunch, clot, cluster, concrete, concretion, conglomerate, conglomeration, crag, debris, detritus, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, gneiss, grain, granite, granule, granulet, gravel, grit, igneous rock, lava, limestone, living rock, magma, mantlerock, mass, metamorphic rock, monolith, pahoehoe, pillow lava, porphyry, pudding stone, regolith, rock, ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, sand, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria, scree, sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, shingle, stone, talus, tufa, tuff