terracotta
or ter·ra-cot·ta ,
ter·ra cot·ta
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.
something made of terracotta.
a brownish-orange color like that of unglazed terracotta.
made of or having the color of terracotta.
Origin of terracotta
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How to use terracotta in a sentence
In this animated Disney adventure from directors Carlos López Estrada and Don Hall, Raya sets out to free her father, one of countless people who have been frozen in terracotta by a malevolent force called the Druun.
Only about 20 percent of the island’s population lives on the north side of the island, which is made up of quiet villages where terracotta-roofed homes and grape vineyards are scattered across terraced hills.
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He went so far as to have rivers of mercury set up in his tomb, along with his famous thousand-soldier strong terracotta Army.
This Exhibit Could Kill You: The Museum of Natural History Takes on Poison | William O’Connor | January 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Daily Pic: China's terracotta army was built for fighting, not for looking at.
The terracotta panels along the entrance front, over the principal floor windows, were designed by Mr. Boehm himself.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | VariousOriginally it had been a villa residence—a red-brick villa, covered with creepers and crowned with terracotta dragons.
The Longest Journey | E. M. ForsterI must not omit to mention that the small red shafts in the arcade below the belfry seem to be made of terracotta.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetThere are long and short ones, high and low ones, all pierced with little windows that are closed with a terracotta shutter.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri FabreThe most remarkable feature of these oldest ruins is the superiority of the terracotta articles.
A Manual of the Antiquity of Man | J. P. MacLean
British Dictionary definitions for terracotta
/ (ˌtɛrəˈkɒtə) /
a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware, or the clay from which it is made
something made of terracotta, such as a sculpture
a strong reddish-brown to brownish-orange colour
made of terracotta: a terracotta urn
of the colour terracotta: a terracotta carpet
Origin of terracotta
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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