encaustic tile

noun

A decorative glazed and fired tile, having patterns of different coloured clays inlaid in it and burnt with it.

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Meanings

nounencaustic tile (plural encaustic tiles)

plural encaustic tiles

  1. A decorative glazed and fired tile, having patterns of different coloured clays inlaid in it and burnt with it.
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