terra cotta

Speech parts

1. terra cotta - Noun

2. terra cotta - Adjective

Meaning

terra cotta (usually uncountable, plural terra cottas)

Alternative spelling of terracotta

terra-cotta (usually uncountable, plural terra-cottas)

Alternative form of terracotta

terra-cotta (not comparable)

Alternative form of terracotta

Alternative names

terra-cotta

Synonyms

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Examples

His face has tanned a shade of terra cotta from weeks spent under the summer sun, blue eyes gleaming like just-ripened berries on the bush. Source: Internet

Eight thousand terra-cotta statues of soldiers were posted at its gates to guard the emperor in death, only to be shattered by a vengeful warlord and lost to history until 1974, when shards were discovered by local farmers digging a well. Source: Internet

In appreciation for her efforts at unlocking the American market, Rodin eventually presented Hallowell with a bronze, a marble and a terra cotta. Source: Internet

Sullivan's only building in New York, with a glazed terra cotta curtain wall expressing the steel structure behind it. Source: Internet

Chef Wetzel pulled baby radishes and broccolini from the garden, "planting" them in a terra cotta pot in an edible "soil" made of sweetened and dehydrated hazelnut and an herbed mayonnaise. Source: Internet

Another is the thermoluminescence test, which can show whether terra-cotta or pottery has been fired more than 200 years ago. Source: Internet

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