Terra Cotta Clay

Terracotta

Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta, is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramic fired at relatively low temperatures. The term is used for earthenware objects of certain types, as set out below.

Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals. Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impurities, such as a reddish or brownish colour from small amounts of iron oxide.

terra

Noun

1. A geologic and geographic region of a celestial body which is a highland analogous to a continent or large landmass.

Noun

1. Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.
2. The material world as opposed to the heavens.

cotta

Noun

1. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
2. A kind of coarse woolen blanket.

Noun

1. Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”).

clay

Noun

1. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
2. An earth material with ductile qualities.

Verb

1. To add clay to or to spread clay onto.
2. To purify using clay.