MEANING
A limestone formed by mineral deposits from water, often porous or banded and used as building stone.
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- travertine tiles
- pale travertine
- travertine façade
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Pale travertine faced the entrance wall.
The unfilled travertine had small pits across its surface.
Water darkened the bands in the travertine floor.
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- travertine
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Usually a mass noun. Travertines can name distinct varieties or deposits. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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