Terra cotta Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware

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Definitions
  1. . 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.

Webster 1913