| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| breccia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | brec·ci·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: | br ch - , br ch , br sh - |
| 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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