Definition of "terra-cotta" [terra-cotta]

• An unglazed hard-baked clay pottery (noun)
• A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta. (noun)
• Of a reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta. (adjective)

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• "He began using cream-colored stationery embossed with his name in terra-cotta letters: RAYMOND CARVER."
• "The sight lines are such that as we take in a seventh-century 3½-foot vertical stele of Vishnu from northern or eastern India we also catch a glimpse of a terra-cotta roundel made some 200 years earlier."
• "Do yourself a favor and eat at the big, terra-cotta colored restaurant right in the middle of town."