| 单词 | marezzo marble |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarezzo marble A kind of artificial building stone made to resemble marble. More fully marezzo marble. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > mixed with fibre marezzo1876 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 508/1 Marezzo marble is made of cement mixed with fibre for strength and to resist a blow. 1901 Notes Building Constr. (ed. 5) III. iii. 250 The basis of Marezzo marble, as well as of Scagliola, being plaster of Paris, neither of them is capable of bearing exposure to the weather. 1901 Notes Building Constr. (ed. 5) III. iii. 250 The Artificial Marble now manufactured in London is made on the same principle as the Marezzo, but differs from it in the character of the cement used. 1958 F. S. Merritt Building Constr. Handbk. xii. 9 Marezzo, an imitation marble formed with Keene's cement to which colors have been added. 1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 201 Marezzo marble, an artificial marble like scagliola, which differs from it mainly in having no chips of added coloured material. When precast, it is cast on a smooth sheet of plate glass or slate to give a polished surface. < as lemmas |
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