terracotta
A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building constructionA hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
» Boiled potatoes are much easier to digest than terracotta potatoes.
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2 senses(uncountable, usually)A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
Terrakotta
террако́таterrakóta
a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware
(uncountable, usually)A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
Examples
5 sentencesBoiled potatoes are much easier to digest than terracotta potatoes.
Ziri is growing an ivy plant in a terracotta pot.
The artifacts included statues and pieces made of bronze and terracotta.
The artefacts included statues and pieces made of bronze and terracotta.
deUnter den Artefakten waren Statuen und Stücke aus Bronze und Terrakotta. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Chinese city Xi'an attracts many tourists with the famous terracotta warriors and horses museum.
deMit dem berühmten Museum der Terrakotta-Krieger und -Pferde lockt die chinesische Stadt Xi'an viele Touristen an. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).
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Forms
plural: terracottasSynonyms
1 synonyms- a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware:terra cotta
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable