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Meaning of "breccia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRECCIA

From Italian, from Old High German brecha a fragment.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BRECCIA

breccia  [ˈbrɛtʃɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRECCIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Breccia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRECCIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Breccia

Breccia is a rock composed of broken fragments of minerals or rock cemented together by a fine-grained matrix, that can be either similar to or different from the composition of the fragments. The word is a loan from Italian, and in that language indicates either loose gravel or stone made by cemented gravel. A breccia may have a variety of different origins, as indicated by the named types including sedimentary breccia, tectonic breccia, igneous breccia, impact breccia and hydrothermal breccia.

Definition of breccia in the English dictionary

The definition of breccia in the dictionary is a rock consisting of angular fragments embedded in a finer matrix, formed by erosion, impact, volcanic activity, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRECCIA


Appalachia
ˌæpəˈleɪtʃɪə
bitchier
ˈbɪtʃɪə
cheer
tʃɪə
chia
ˈtʃɪə
churchier
ˈtʃɜːtʃɪə
encheer
ɪnˈtʃɪə
Kampuchea
ˌkæmpʊˈtʃɪə
Placentia
pləˈsɛntʃɪə
raunchier
ˈrɔːntʃɪə
screechier
ˈskriːtʃɪə
snatchier
ˈsnætʃɪə
snitchier
ˈsnɪtʃɪə
starchier
ˈstɑːtʃɪə
tichier
ˈtɪtʃɪə
torchier
ˈtɔːtʃɪə
torchiere
ˈtɔːtʃɪə
upcheer
ʌpˈtʃɪə
welwitschia
wɛlˈwɪtʃɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRECCIA

breathily
breathiness
breathing
breathing apparatus
breathing exercise
breathing space
breathless
breathlessly
breathlessness
breathtaking
breathtakingly
breathy
breccial
brecciate
brecciated
brecciation
brecham

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRECCIA

acacia
alopecia
audiencia
beccaccia
boccia
Brescia
Dacia
estancia
facia
fascia
felicia
focaccia
Fredericia
Galicia
Murcia
oboe da caccia
Palencia
Resistencia
Saint Lucia
Valencia

Synonyms and antonyms of breccia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «breccia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRECCIA

Find out the translation of breccia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of breccia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «breccia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

角砾岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

breccia
570 millions of speakers

English

breccia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

breccia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بريشيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

брекчия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brecha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

breccia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brèche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Breccia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brekzie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

角礫岩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

각력암
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Breccia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá có từng lớp dính nhau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கற்கூட்டுப் புறவுப்பாறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रुसिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

breşi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

breccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brekcji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

брекчия
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brecie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λατυποπαγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

breksie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

breccia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

breksje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of breccia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRECCIA»

The term «breccia» is regularly used and occupies the 70.864 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRECCIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «breccia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «breccia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about breccia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRECCIA»

Discover the use of breccia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breccia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mass Contacts
This book is a true milestone in the spreading of the reality of contacts between our humanity and extraterrestrials, both in the past and now; it gives rise to vital importants, hints in order to understand the epoch-making events that are ...
Stefano Breccia, 2009
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Clastic dikes of Heart Mountain fault breccia, northwestern ...
part of the dike, is an irregular mass of breccia about 2 m long composed of about equal proportions of carbonate and volcanic rock fragments as much as 30 cm across. This breccia body is elongated roughly parallel to the walls of the dike.
William Gamewell Pierce, 1979
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Breccia
A breccia is a rock composed of angular fragments of preexisting rocks embedded in a fine-grained matrix or cement. The fragments were produced by forces such as erosion, impact or volcanic activity. The Sudbury Breccia was formed by the ...
Ignatius Fay, Irene Golas, 2012
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Field Guide to Plutons, Volcanoes, Faults, Reefs, Dinosaurs, ...
most lithologically variable formation because it contains the Alamo Breccia Member. The Guilmette and its members at Stop 1 are shown in Figures 11–14. The following review is a history of studies and proposed lithostratigraphic ...
Ernest M. Duebendorfer, Eugene Irwin Smith, 2008
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Kimberlites, Diatremes, and Diamonds: Their Geology, ...
Sample U (ppm) Brief Description Ark-A 1.37 kimberlite breccia (YG), weathered Ark-B 1.13 kimberlite breccia (YG) , weathered AA 2.70 tuff BB 1.82 kimberlite breccia (YG) CC 1.35 kimberlite breccia (blue) DD 1.76 kimberlite breccia (YG) FF ...
Francis R. Boyd, Henry O. A. Meyer, 1979
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ASMOSIA 4:
DISCOVERY OF THE SIENESE PROVENANCE OF BRECCIA DORATA, AND BRECCIA GIALLA FIBROSA, AND THE ORIGIN OF BRECCIA ROSSA APPENNINICA Matthias BRUNO Via d'Ascanio, 1, 00186 - Roma, Italia Lorenzo LAZZARINI ...
Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones used in Antiquity. International Symposium, Max Schvoerer, 1999
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Lunar Sourcebook: A User's Guide to the Moon
Fragmental breccia Light matrix breccia (LMB) Feldspathic breccia Clastic breccia ;. Warner el al. (1973) Chaoetal. (1972a) StOffler el al. (1979) Classy melt breccia Agglutinate Glassy breccia Vitric matrix breccia Vaniman et al. (1976) R.
Grant Heiken, David Vaniman, Bevan M. French, 1991
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
6C). Most of the rock sampled has been oxidized, with pyrite visible in only a few samples, so that many of the metal values may have been reduced from their original concentrations. Downstream from the breccia, fine particles of gold were  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1985
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Hydrothermal Processes Above the Yellowstone Magma Chamber: ...
Black Dog hydrothermal breccia pipe. Along the north shore of Yellowstone Lake in Mary Bay, ~1 km northeast of Storm Point and south of Indian Pond, orthogonal joint sets are exposed along a 150-m stretch of shoreline. At the approximate ...
Lisa A. Morgan, Wayne C. Shanks, Kenneth Lee Pierce, 2009
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Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America: ...
During this extremely brief interval, the carbonized wood became a constituent of the Heart Mountain fault breccia, presumably by aerial or aqueous transport from a short distance away. The conditions that permitted inclusion of this wood into ...
Stanley S. Beus, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRECCIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term breccia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stream Sediment Sampling Results Identify 5 New Anomalous Gold …
... area was observed to be a 2m wide quartz-veined and pyritic shear/breccia, with at least six 3 to 5m wide quartz-veined and sulfide- bearing ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Redstar Gold Drilling Expands High-Grade Gold Mineralization 100 …
Redstar Gold Drilling Expands High-Grade Gold Mineralization 100 Metres Along Strike; Discovers Ginguro-style Breccia Vein in Footwall at ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
3
Calibre Mining Announces Initial Results From Phase I Diamond …
... angular, multi-lithic volcanic breccia. Additional gold mineralization occurs in cross-cutting polymetallic quartz and minor carbonate veinlets ... «Geology for Investors, Jul 15»
4
Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE) Significant Copper at Spring …
The main copper lodes at the historic Spring Creek Copper Mine are contained within an intense eastwest striking quartz-rich hematite breccia ... «ABN Newswire, Jul 15»
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Arizona Strip region has yielded uranium ore for decades
Wenrich, Karen J. Uranium Mining in Arizona Breccia Pipes-Environmental, Economic, and Human Impact. Legislative Hearing on H.R. 644- ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jun 15»
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Red Mountain Mining's MD Jon Dugdale says price is right to lift stake
... including the high grade South West Breccia Indicated resource of 221,000 tonnes at 6.3 g/t gold, of which the majority is in the initial open pit ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jun 15»
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TerraX Closes Final Tranche of Non-Brokered Flow-Through Private …
... numerous properties, including: Northbelt, Goodwin, Ryan Lake, Walsh Lake, and U-Breccia, as well as staking additional contiguous lands. «Equities.com, Jun 15»
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Ascot Investigating Potential for Selective High Grade Mining at …
Individual quartz breccia zones range in thickness from 2.0-50.0 meters and generally contain higher gold and silver grades along with Pb and ... «Junior Mining Network, Jun 15»
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GWR Arranges $400000 Financing for Drilling High-Grade Gold …
One of the key findings of the research was a compelling case for a buried intrusive source for the Aurizon mineralized hydrothermal breccia ... «Baystreet.ca, Jun 15»
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ABM Resources NL (ASX:ABU) Extensional Exploration Update …
Quartz hydrothermal breccia associated with mineralised structures have also been observed. The mineralised quartz veins and hydrothermal ... «ABN Newswire, Jun 15»

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