Also means
earthenware pot
Usage Note
Coccio refers to a fragment of broken terracotta or ceramic, or to the earthenware vessel itself. The plural cocci is regular. The idiom testa di coccio ('earthenware head') describes a pigheaded, stubborn person. Cocci on the ground after breakage is the everyday use.
Examples
"Ha raccolto i cocci del vaso rotto."
Natural Translation
She picked up the shards of the broken vase.
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