🇬🇧🇪🇸 terracotta - terracota : English Lesson

Meaning of "terracotta" ("terracota"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Terracotta is a special kind of hard, reddish-brown clay that people shape and bake in a hot oven to make things like flowerpots, tiles, statues, and decorations.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The terracotta piggy bank guards my money so well that even I can’t figure out how to open it.

I tried to sculpt a terracotta dragon, but it came out looking like a lumpy potato with wings.

The terracotta tiles got so hot in the sun that our feet invented a brand-new sport called ‘Backyard Lava Floor.’

Grandma’s terracotta statue is supposed to look like an angel, but it looks more like it just smelled my gym socks.

Terracotta has been used for thousands of years—some ancient warriors even had life-sized terracotta statues, which is like having an army of giant, serious clay action figures.

An old potter kneads terracotta at dawn, soft and warm. He makes a small terracotta pot, then a terracotta tile. His hands are stained with clay. A child drops a seed into the terracotta pot. The kiln turns the terracotta hard and red. The child claps as the pot holds the green plant.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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