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Definition

art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

or more rarely:

anything made of many differing parts of equal importance, but varying appearance

Much more rarely, "Mosaic" can mean "related to Moses". A comprehensive dictionary will show numerous other more specialized meanings based upon the primary meaning.

The museum preserved a beautiful mosaic floor.

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

Its peoples are assimilated into a cultural mosaic.

mosaic = anything made of many differing parts of equal importance, but varying appearance

The museum has a mosaic that dates back to the 13th century.

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

Turning his back to the others, he walked toward the towering windows, searching for any inspiration in their stained-glass mosaics.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

mosaics = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as glass

  "It isn't any one thing," the Count said after a moment. "It is an assembly of small details."
  "Like in a mosaic."
  "Yes. Like in a mosaic."
Amor Towles -- A Gentleman in Moscow

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

Suddenly everything seemed to fit together in a dreadful mosaic.
Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

For days they'd been scrubbing the villa so that the mosaic floors shined like diamonds, so that every silver bowl and goblet gleamed.
Lauren Tarshis -- I Survived: The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

Intricate mosaic tiles, handpicked by Baba in Isfahan, covered the floors of the four bathrooms.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as tile

Nevertheless, in this way I collected enough fragments of the past to make a reconstruction of it, which must have borne as much relation to the real thing as a mosaic portrait would to the original.
Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin

mosaic = a picture made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

I saw it as a perfect mosaic, each person playing his or her allotted part.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express

mosaic = something made of many differing parts of equal importance, but varying appearance

Then again, and again, tearing the pieces down until they grew smaller and smaller, tiny bits like the stones of a crazy mosaic.
Sarah Dessen -- Dreamland

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

I had my own lake, three hundred rooms, frescoes of gold, mosaics done in pearls and diamonds—I could finally live like a human being!
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

mosaics = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

Alderman gazed at the mosaic ceiling.
Rick Riordan -- The Hammer of Thor

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

The floor of the corridor was a mosaic of colorful stones, with a winding path of red tiles set into it.
Ernest Cline -- Ready Player One

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

I lay where I had fallen upon the mosaic floor, with its fish and purpled fruits.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

Collins made notes for a little thesis pointing out the inferiority of the original mosaics to their photographs.
Evelyn Waugh -- Brideshead Revisited

mosaics = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile

It smelled faintly of macaroni and cheese but there was a crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling, a funky mosaic tile around the mantel, and real logs in the fireplace.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

mosaic = art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as tile

The far wall of the ballroom was decorated with a huge quartz and agate mosaic of the queen's face and, as Redd approached it, the portrait's mouth opened and she entered a secret passage known only to herself and The Cat.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

mosaic = a picture made of many pieces of colored material such as stone

Alyss shot two orb generators at the quartz and agate mosaic and-kerboosh!
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

mosaic = a picture made of many pieces of colored material such as stone

We'd done macaroni mosaics the week before,
Sarah Dessen -- Dreamland

mosaics = art consisting of a design made of many pieces

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