What is another word for mosaic?

Pronunciation: [məsˈe͡ɪɪk] (IPA)

Mosaic, an art form that involves creating intricate images by assembling small pieces of glass, stone, or other materials, has been an inspiration to many, including linguists. Some synonyms for "mosaic" include collage, patchwork, jigsaw puzzle, interlocking pattern, and montage. Collage refers to an art form that involves assembling different materials to create a unified composition. Patchwork invokes the idea of creating a work by sewing together a variety of different fabrics. A jigsaw puzzle is a game that involves fitting together small pieces to form a whole image. Interlocking pattern invites the idea of various patterned shapes fitting together. Montage is a word used in film-making to refer to the editing together of separate shots.

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Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.
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Usage examples for Mosaic

If he is conscientious, the only thing he can do is to give an honest expression of his own views, or a mosaic of the views of others which seem to him correct, knowing that he may be wrong, and that his authorities may be wrong, but challenging contradiction, and caring only for the truth as it appears to him.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
On the beautiful mosaic pavement is an ugly object that looks like some dried fish.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
Here he was with a new family-a mosaic of complete strangers who were not related to him nor were they relating to him or much to each other.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills

Famous quotes with Mosaic

  • We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
    Jimmy Carter
  • It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.
    Arthur Cohn
  • Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • We said in our 21st Century Party paper there are 61 mosaic groups, which the market research people use as different socio-economic categories and half of our members come from just five of those groups and that is very narrow - too narrow.
    Francis Maude
  • There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.
    Anais Nin

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