Synonyms for terra cotta
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : ter-uh-kot-uh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛr əˈkɒt ə |
Top 10 synonyms for terra cotta Other synonyms for the word terra cotta
- adobe
- argil
- argillaceous earth
- auburn
- burnt sienna
- ceramic clay
- ceramics
- chestnut
- china material
- chocolate
- cinnamon
- clunch
- cocoa
- coffee
- copper
- crockery
- drab
- dust
- earthenware
- ecru
- fawn
- firing
- ginger
- glazing
- hazel
- henna
- kaolin
- khaki
- loam
- loess
- mahogany
- marl
- nut
- ochre
- porcelain
- porcelain material
- porcelainware
- pottery
- puce
- russet
- rust
- sepia
- slip
- snuff-colored
- sorrel
- stoneware
- tan
- tawny
- terra cotta
- terra-cotta
- till
- toast
- umber
- wacke
Définition of terra cotta
Origin :- 1722, from Italian terra cotta, literally "cooked earth," from terra "earth" (see terrain) + cotta "baked," from Latin cocta, fem. past participle of coquere (see cook (n.)). As a color name for brownish-red, attested from 1882.
- As in brown : adj dark, burnished color
- As in pottery : noun containers made from clay; clay art
- As in earthenware : noun crockery
- As in terra-cotta : noun baked earth
- As in clay : noun workable earth material
- Can these have been of terra cotta of the della Robbia school?
- Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
- Another is a dining-room of copper, bronze and terra cotta shades.
- Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
- In or near them were perfume vials of terra cotta with a few of glass.
- Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau
- In London, the substitute for the clay would be terra cotta.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Aquarium and Water Cabinet » by Shirley Hibberd
- The sphere is of terra cotta; the marks that have been made on it are rough and ill formed.
- Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
- How minutely expressive are the terra cotta images of Spain!
- Extract from : « The Collector » by Henry T. Tuckerman
- His hands, that had got to be the color of terra cotta, hung idly between his legs.
- Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos
- They were made of terra cotta, red in color and one side glazed.
- Extract from : « The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park » by Victor Appleton
- Terra Cotta and Tiles,—Owing to large deposits of fine clays suitable for making such articles.
- Extract from : « Montgomery, the Capital City of Alabama » by Anonymous
- Like the other terra cotta objects, these are fully illustrated in the above-named work.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
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