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
- The earliest pieces were created of earthenware.
- The women worked on molding the earthenware crockery.
- Earthenware is one of the oldest materials used in pottery.
- The town Avanos is famous for its colourful earthenware pots.
- The very attractive earthenware pottery is still sought after.
- I took the pint mug of white earthenware from the shelf behind her.
- The botija is a potbellied earthenware jug or jar with two openings.
- The company designs and manufactures porcelain and earthenware products.
- The higher firing temperatures are likely to cause earthenware to bloat.
- The use of earthenware on the Korean peninsula goes back to the Neolithic.
- The lilies in the earthenware vase on the table represent Mary's virginity.
- 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.