'Terra cotta' definitions:
Definition of 'terra cotta'
From: WordNet
noun
A hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware
Definition of 'Terra cotta'
From: GCIDE
- Terra \Ter"ra\, n. [It. & L. See Terrace.] The earth; earth. [1913 Webster]
- Terra alba [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
- Terra cotta. [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.
- Terrae filius [L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England.
- Terra firma [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water.
- Terra Japonica. [NL.] Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.
- Terra Lemnia [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian.
- Terra ponderosa [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar.
- Terra di Sienna. See Sienna. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'terra cotta'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adust,
- auburn,
- bay,
- bay-colored,
- bayard,
- brazen,
- bronze,
- bronze-colored,
- bronzed,
- brownish-red,
- cast,
- castaneous,
- chestnut,
- chestnut-brown,
- copper,
- copper-colored,
- coppery,
- cupreous,
- ferruginous,
- foxy,
- henna,
- liver-brown,
- liver-colored,
- livid-brown,
- mahogany,
- marble,
- mobile,
- reddish-brown,
- roan,
- rubiginous,
- rufous,
- russet,
- russety,
- rust,
- rust-colored,
- rusty,
- sculpture,
- stabile,
- statue,
- sunburned,
- Titian