Definition of "terrene" in English

adjective

1. Pertaining to earth or the material world; earthly, terrestrial (as opposed to heavenly or marine).

2. (science fiction) Made of matter (as opposed to antimatter).

noun

1. (poetic) The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground.

noun

1. Dated form of tureen.

   • March 27, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu Esq. Execrable varnished pictures, chests, cabinets, commodes, tables, stands, boxes, riding on one another's backs, and loaded with terrenes, filligree, figures, and everything upon earth