tazza

American  

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

noun

tazzas, plural tazze plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tazzas
  plural
• tazze
  plural

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

The works by his hand are remarkable for their ruby tint, with a beautiful metallic lustre; but only one small tazza remains in Gubbio itself.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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

Upon a table near him are a silver tazza, and other objects relative to his occupation.

From Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. by Burnet, John

At that period very young, and equally careless, I would not have parted with my large liquid tazza, my little lake, my leafy castle, for all the vulgar comfortable chateâux in the neighbourhood.

From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Jesse, William