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terra-cotta

noun as in baked earth

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It looked like a terra-cotta jar, flying toward us.

Since then, the Getty has returned numerous artifacts claimed by Italy, including three terra-cotta figures depicting “Orpheus and the Sirens,” dating to around 300 B.C. that caused a stir in Italy when they were returned two years ago.

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

In a lounge with a bar that had a hard terra-cotta tile floor, she overlapped vintage Afghan, Turkish and Indian rugs across the floor, using pieces of other rugs to make throw pillows and floor cushions.

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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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