Definition of "terre" []

• Same as tar.
• To strike to the earth.
• A mountainous island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands, comprising part of Guadeloupe. Area: 848 sq km (327 sq miles) (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• A port in W Guadeloupe, on Basse-Terre Island: the capital of the French Overseas Department of Guadeloupe. Pop: 11 894 (2009) (noun)

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• "Monday, October 20, 2008 at 04: 07 PM tourner autour du pot - to beat around the bush payer les pots cassés - to pick up the pieces un pot de terre contre un pot de fer - someone weak up against someone strong (the pot de terre is a clay pot, against an iron pot, un pot de fer)"
• "This little pied-à-terre is worth something in the region of £500,000 according to the newspapers."
• "Rustic homes and stone cabanos are sprinkled across the hillside with terraces of their own, in terre cuite* and iron, covered with bright red bougainvillea, periwinkle-blue liseron* and other colorful and climbing flowers."