Ceramic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
  • n. An object, such as earthenware, porcelain, or tile, made of ceramic.
  • n. The art or technique of making objects of ceramic, especially from fired clay.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
  • n. A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
  • n. An object made of this material
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or belonging to pottery or to the fictile arts; pertaining to the manufacture of porcelain, stoneware, earthenware, and terra-cotta: as, ceramic decoration.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures
  • adj. of or relating to or made from a ceramic
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    porcelain    wooden    porous    earthenware    plastic    metallic    shiny    aluminum    enamel    cylindrical