Tessera

Definition:

  • (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.

Compare tessera with other words:

tessera vs. tesserae

tessera vs. tesseral

tessera vs. triton

tessera vs. venus

mosaic vs. tessera

glass vs. tessera

tessera vs. wood

ivory vs. tessera

stone vs. tessera

square vs. tessera

tessellate vs. tessera