Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An unglazed hard-baked clay pottery
- n. A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
- adj. Of a reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
Etymologies
- From Italian terra ("earth") + cotta ("baked") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He began using cream-colored stationery embossed with his name in terra-cotta letters: RAYMOND CARVER.”
“The sight lines are such that as we take in a seventh-century 3½-foot vertical stele of Vishnu from northern or eastern India we also catch a glimpse of a terra-cotta roundel made some 200 years earlier.”
“And who could deny that this postcard-perfect landscape of vast blue waters and sloping green hills dotted with terra-cotta villas is anything but dazzling?”
The Huffington Post: Maria Russo: Glamour, Gardens and George Clooney in Lake Como
“Do yourself a favor and eat at the big, terra-cotta colored restaurant right in the middle of town.”
“A row of sculptures—from the tender, white marble "Alsatian Orphan" and patinated terra-cotta "Bust of a Woman" to the exuberant bronze "Head of Balzac"—lines the gallery's mantle.”
“Today, inside the terra-cotta colored building, giant trees stretch more than 20 meters into the air through a caved-in roof.”
“Harry suggested a terra-cotta red and he was right.”
“At Sitka & Spruce, braised lamb simmers with flageolet beans in a fireplace and ends up in a terra-cotta pot with grilled house-made merguez sausage, a poached egg from The Corson Building's chicken coop and a brown butter and walnut drizzle.”
The Wall Street Journal: Grilled Lamb Chops With Salsa Verde and Yogurt Sauce
“A terra-cotta bowl of chicken livers bathed in lemon juice and garlic taxied down onto the table.”
“The terrace, which overlooks the formal gardens, has a sweeping view of Florence, with Brunelleschi's great cathedral dome centered amid towers and terra-cotta roofs.”
Lists
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Mollusque's miscellany
A mixture of words that I like or have commented on, along with ones parked here so they'd be listed somewhere or remind me of lists I want to make.
oranger, monographer, preoccupied, bu, bobization, coinventor, tetrapyloctomy, borgmannian, suspercollate, manhug, mancrush, obituarist and 604 more...
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Construction Material for the Immaterial
I like concrete metaphors. These are building supplies I've used for poetry.
...All our joys were clotted
with pearls, all our griefs were denied
with stone, all our words...paint, sandalwood, chalk, aluminum, brick, mother-of-pearl, goldleaf, pigment, mineral, terra-cotta, tempera, ash and 73 more...
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