terracotta

terracotta or terra-cotta or terra cotta (TER-uh-KOT-uh) - n., a red-brown clay that becomes hard when fired, used for pottery, roof tiles, figurines, and so on; something made of such clay; the reddish-brown color of much such clay. adj., made of or the color of such clay.


We have several terracotta flower and plant pots. From Italian terra cotta, lit. baked earth, from Latin. A life-size figurine from the Terracotta Army from the tomb of Qin Shihuang, first emperor of a (re)unified China:


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---L.