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# mosaic

noun (a mosaic, mosaics)

«mosaic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A picture or pattern made by putting together many small pieces of coloured stone, glass or tile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#m1)
2. Something made of many different parts mixed together (a mosaic of cultures). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history: Romans made mosaic floors. In art lessons: pupils make paper mosaics. In maths: mosaics and tiling connect with shapes and tessellation. Phrases: mosaic floor, Roman mosaic, a mosaic of.

### Examples

- We saw a Roman mosaic of a dolphin on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#x1)
- In art we made a mosaic from tiny squares of paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#x2)
- The church window is a glass mosaic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#x3)
- The city is a mosaic of different cultures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#x4)
- The mosaic used over 1,000 tiny tiles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#x5)
- Square tiles fit together well in a mosaic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#x6)
- Then he went on through richly-furnished chambers, over mosaic floors, amid gorgeous pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Said "moh-ZAY-ik". In maths, a mosaic of shapes that fit with no gaps is a tessellation; to find how many tiles, divide the area to cover by the area of one tile.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mosaic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mosaic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mosaic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mosaic.html) on Mova free.