BRECCIA


Meaning of BRECCIA in English

n. & v.

--n. a rock of angular stones etc. cemented by finer material.

--v.tr. form into breccia.

Derivatives:

brecciate v.tr. brecciation n.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.