Mosaic Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of MOSAIC

1

:

a decoration on a surface made by pressing small pieces of colored glass or stone into a soft material that then hardens to make pictures or patterns

[count]

• a church decorated with old mosaics

[noncount]

• a picture done in mosaic

— often used before another noun

• a mosaic floor
• mosaic glass/tiles

2

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:

something made up of different things that together form a pattern

— usually singular

• a complex mosaic of islands
• the country's ethnic/political/religious/social mosaic