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