travertine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a light-colored, often porous form of limestone deposited by mineral springs and used as a building or decorative stone

   The lobby walls were faced with pale travertine.

Borrowed from Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin lapis Tiburtinus, 'stone of Tibur.' Tibur, modern Tivoli near Rome, was known for deposits of this limestone.

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