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terra cotta

NOUN
  1. a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware

How To Use terra cotta In A Sentence

  • It's odd how there's no mention at all of how the terra cotta warriors, the namesakes of the show, came about.
  • Nestled in terra cotta, thick, gutsy prosciutto barely girdles hunks of luxuriantly gooey mozzarella bocconcini that have been roasted into a delicious taffy, the perfect bonbon to chomp on during a film by the Taviani brothers.
  • You can check terra cotta for age by analysis and there are the accompanying documents. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
  • - Terra cotta is a much better insulant than metal, so less heat is lost from a terra cotta stove. 7. Building Instructions
  • Terra cotta, which is afterwards baked, is plastic; and yet becomes hard; thus a Tanagra figurine is an example of plastic art, while a Florentine marble statuette is a product of sculpture. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance
  • Other materials like limestone or terra cotta might have worked better in its place. Condos Clash In Park Slope
  • Stone, terra cotta and metal images of royal figures—and some misshapen commoners—populate "Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria," a look at the Yoruba city-state of Ife from the 12th to 15th centuries. Don't Miss
  • Student drawings of China's terra cotta army hung in the hallway.
  • The @ symbol was also used as an abbreviation for "amphora", the unit of measurement used to determine the amount held by the large terra cotta jars that were used to ship grain, spices and wine. discovered this use of the @ symbol in a letter written in 1536 by a Florentine trader named Francesco Lapi. TheNextWeb.com
  • Products called earthenware, whiteware, low-temperature ceramics, and terra cotta are all fired in the range of 900-1100°C. 3. Temperature ranges and requirements
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