terracotta

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terracotta /ˌtɛrəˈkɒtə/

▶noun

• 1 unglazed, typically brownish-red earthenware, used chiefly as an ornamental building material and in modelling.

• 2 a statuette or other object made of terracotta.

• 3 a brownish-red colour.

– origin C18: from Ital. terra cotta ‘baked earth’.