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terra cotta    Audio Help   [kot-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a hard, fired clay, brownish-red in color when unglazed, that is used for architectural ornaments and facings, structural units, pottery, and as a material for sculpture.
2.something made of terra cotta.
3.a brownish-orange color like that of unglazed terra cotta.
[Origin: 1715–25; < It: lit., baked earth < L terra cōcta]
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ter·ra-cot·ta    Audio Help   [ter-uh-kot-uh] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
made of or having the color of terra cotta.
[Origin: 1865–70]
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ter·ra cot·ta or ter·ra·cot·ta or ter·ra-cot·ta    Audio Help   (těr'ə-kŏt'ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A hard semifired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building construction.
    2. Ceramic wares made of this material.
  2. A brownish orange.


[Italian : terra, earth (from Latin terra; see terrace) + cotta, baked, cooked (from Latin cocta, feminine past participle of coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots).]

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terra cotta

noun
a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware 

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