Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pottery made from a porous clay that is fired at relatively low temperatures. Faience, delft, and majolica are examples of earthenware.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Vessels or other objects of clay (whether alone or mixed with other mineral substances) baked or fired in a kiln, or more rarely sun-dried or otherwise prepared without firing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See
crockery ,pottery ,stoneware , andporcelain .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ceramics An opaque, semi-porous
ceramic made from clay and other compounds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now, except for the summer months, there are tourists almost daily, more than 300 potters and the earthenware is all signed.
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Now, except for the summer months, there are tourists almost daily, more than 300 potters and the earthenware is all signed.
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Owing to lack of specificity in popular parlance earthenware is often referred to popularly as china but never as bone china.
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The museum's collection of pre-Columbian earthenware is outstanding and the museum is not so huge as to overwhelm the casual visitor.
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The museum's collection of pre-Columbian earthenware is outstanding and the museum is not so huge as to overwhelm the casual visitor.
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British earthenware is also an excellent product entirely suitable for its purpose and appreciably less costly.
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I took the pint mug of white earthenware from the shelf behind her.
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The monastic orders gladly accept this heavy peasant earthenware, which is easily fashioned into a Capuchin or an Ursuline.
Les Miserables 2008
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Products called earthenware, whiteware, low-temperature ceramics, and terra cotta are all fired in the range of 900-1100°C.
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What is more worthy of note is the credulity with which he swallows the fabulous inventions of the "monkish chroniclers" when set before him in English earthenware.
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