[ 'tɛs(ə)rə ]
■ noun ( plural ~e -ri: )
1》 a small block of stone, tile, etc. used in a mosaic.
2》 (in ancient Greece and Rome) a small tablet of wood or bone used as a token.
Derivatives
~l adjective
Origin
C17: via L. from Gk, neut. of tesseres , var. of tessares 'four'.