mosaic

A picture or design made by fitting small colored pieces of stone, glass, or tile together.

• The mosaic shows a bird.
• They decorated the wall with bright mosaics.
• Small pieces of glass form this beautiful mosaic.

Common phrases: floor mosaic, glass mosaic, mosaic pattern, ancient mosaic

Something made up of many different parts that together form a whole.

• The city is a mosaic of cultures.
• We combined the photographs into a single mosaic.
• From above, the fields form a mosaic of colors.

How to use it: mosaic of something (The city is a mosaic of cultures.)

Similar words: patchwork, mixture

Common phrases: mosaic of cultures, mosaic of images, rich mosaic

To make or cover something with a design using many small colored pieces.

• They want to mosaic the wall.
• She mosaicked the pool’s edge with blue tiles.
• We spent the weekend mosaicking a small garden table.

Common phrases: mosaic a wall, mosaic a floor, mosaic the edge