Terra Cotta Definition

terəkätə
terracotta
noun
A hard, brown-red, usually unglazed earthenware used for pottery, sculpture, etc.
Webster's New World
Its brown-red color.
Webster's New World
An object made of terra cotta.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of terracotta.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of a reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
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Other Word Forms of Terra Cotta

Noun

Singular:
terra cotta
Plural:
terra cottas

Origin of Terra Cotta

  • Italian terra earth (from Latin terrace) cotta baked, cooked (from Latin cocta) (feminine past participle of coquere to cook pekw- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian terra (“earth") + cotta (“baked")

    From Wiktionary

Terra Cotta Sentence Examples

  • Other designs include terra-cotta planters, faux rocks, fountains and more.

  • A few terra-cotta images have been found.

  • A large number of votive terra-cotta figures, vases and lamps were found in the course of the excavations.

  • Painted terra-cotta cones were also embedded in the plaster.

  • The acropolis was at the eastern extremity of the site, where the two ravines converge; it is connected with the rest of the plateau by a narrow neck, and here a large number of ex-votos in terra-cotta, indicating the presence of a temple, and dating at earliest from the 3rd century B.C., have been found.

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