[kot-uh] 
| 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. |
[ter-uh-kot-uh] | made of or having the color of terra cotta. |
| ter·ra cot·ta or ter·ra·cot·ta or ter·ra-cot·ta (těr'ə-kŏt'ə) n.
[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).] |
