tazza

American  

[taht-suh, taht-tsah] / ˈtɑt sə, ˈtɑt tsɑ /

noun

plural

tazzas,

plural

tazze

1. a shallow, saucerlike, ornamental bowl, often having handles and usually on a high base or pedestal.

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tazza British  

/ ˈtætsə /

noun

1. a wine cup with a shallow bowl and a circular foot

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Etymology

Origin of tazza

1835–45; < Italian < Arabic ṭassah basin. See tass

Example Sentences

It was extraordinary that they should be sharing this "tazza" thus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ah, godiam, la tazza e il cantico, as the spirited Alfredo sings in La Traviata.

From Time Magazine Archive

This Museum contains a well-known tazza, or flat cup, of onyx entire, elaborately carved in cameo on either side.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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.

From The Mahatma and the Hare by Haggard, Henry Rider

The mantelpiece was ornamented with a clock inserted in a block of mahogany and surmounted with a tazza, and two large vases of white porcelain with gold lines, which held bunches of Cape heather.

From The Lily of the Valley by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott