Meaning of olla | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
2. A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
3. An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
4. A cinerary urn.
   Ancient-Rome

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Examples

“On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle⟳ of an enameled tin dipper.”

“An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill⟳ with water and bury⟳ next to your plants. It irrigates in the ground.”

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