tazza
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
Examples
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Upon a table near him are a silver tazza, and other objects relative to his occupation.
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The pair of beautiful Grecian Ionic columns, and the large green tazza -- eighteen feet in circumference -- the finest specimen of Egyptian breccia to be seen in Rome, both in the Villa
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Some of you who read may have passed such marts in different parts of the city, or even have dropped in and purchased a bust or a tazza for a surprisingly small sum.
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I held an old silver tazza, on which the ring was placed.
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At Ignazio's wedding someone held the tazza with the ring and handed it to the priest at the right moment, but I did not see this done because between the happy couple and myself the lady-guests interposed a forest of hats, but I saw the tazza among the wedding presents and thought it was an ash-tray till one of them corrected me.
Note
The word 'tazza' comes from the Italian 'tazza', meaning 'cup'.
