different between terracotta vs terrace

English

Alternative forms

• terra cotta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t????k?t?/

Noun

terracotta (usually uncountable, plural terracottas)

1. A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
2. A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.

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Adjective

terracotta (not comparable)

1. Of the colour of terracotta.
   • 1892 June 18, F. W. B., Why Paint a Greenhouse White?, in The Garden, volume 41, page 569:

     A dull red or terracotta brown is far better, and sets off the foliage of Palms or Ferns to greater advantage.

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See also

• haniwa
• Xi'an (the Terra Cotta Warriors)
• Appendix:Colors

Italian

Etymology

terra + cotta.

Noun

terracotta f (plural terrecotte)

1. terracotta

Adjective

terracotta (invariable)

1. terracotta (colour)

Anagrams

• tetrarcato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

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See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

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Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace