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terra-cotta

NOUN
baked earth
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Hansen chose patterned terra-cotta tile from Foothill Tile & Stone Co. in Pasadena for the walls, and just outside, she used wallpaper from House of Hackney with mythical animals.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Her organic squiggles, ceramics made from recycled terra-cotta clay, are literally and figuratively gutsy.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024

In the living room of the same house, Honey used a shaggy circular rug to define a seating area on more terra-cotta tile flooring.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Similar terra-cotta examples existed, he said, but bronze versions were hitherto unknown.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

The soil was a baked reddish brown, like terra-cotta, with patches of dried-up stubble here and there.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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