earthenware

IPA: ˈɝθʌnwɛr

noun

  • (ceramics, often attributive) An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.
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Examples of "earthenware" in Sentences

  • I took the pint mug of white earthenware from the shelf behind her.
  • British earthenware is also an excellent product entirely suitable for its purpose and appreciably less costly.
  • The monastic orders gladly accept this heavy peasant earthenware, which is easily fashioned into a Capuchin or an Ursuline.
  • Products called earthenware, whiteware, low-temperature ceramics, and terra cotta are all fired in the range of 900-1100°C.
  • Now, except for the summer months, there are tourists almost daily, more than 300 potters and the earthenware is all signed.
  • Owing to lack of specificity in popular parlance earthenware is often referred to popularly as china but never as bone china.
  • The museum's collection of pre-Columbian earthenware is outstanding and the museum is not so huge as to overwhelm the casual visitor.
  • 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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