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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
breccia
 
SYLLABICATION:brec·ci·a
PRONUNCIATION:  brch-, brch, brsh-
NOUN: Rock composed of sharp-angled fragments embedded in a fine-grained matrix.
ETYMOLOGY:Italian, of Germanic origin. See bhreg- in Appendix I.
 
 
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