The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terra \Ter"ra\, n. [It. & L. See Terrace.] The earth; earth.
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.
Terr[ae] 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.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of terracotta English)
WordNet
n. a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware
Wikipedia
Terra cotta is a color that resembles Terra cotta.
Terra Cotta (or terracotta) is a clay-based ceramic material, and objects made in it.
Terra Cotta may also refer to:
- Terra cotta (color), a reddish-brown colour
- Terra Cotta, California, a small former mining town in the USA
- Terra Cotta, Illinois, an unincorporated community
- Terra Cotta, Ontario, a community in Caledon, Ontario, Canada
- Terracotta, Inc., a software company
Usage examples of "terra cotta".
If the bronzes have half the quality of the terra cotta, collectors would quite literally kill for them.
Spotting a fat beetle at the base of a terra cotta planter, Erasmus nudged it with one foot.
It was good to be able to go out and look at the terra cotta again.
I came away with a tunica the colour of terra cotta, banded at the hem with green and gold, and a palla of green wool to wear with it, and another ensemble in the rosy shades of dawn.