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Ceramic

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noun. 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.

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noun. An object, such as earthenware, porcelain, or tile, made of ceramic.

noun. The art or technique of making objects of ceramic, especially from fired clay.

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.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adjective. Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adjective. made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

noun. A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures

noun. An object made of this material

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures

adjective. of or relating to or made from a ceramic

Word Usage

"Until fairly recently, these materials were made from naturally occurring mineral aggregates: the word ceramic comes from the Greek for “potter’s clay.”"

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kaolin kaoline

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

instrumentality instrumentation

Hyponym

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brick

Rhyme

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aerodynamic dynamic electrodynamic glutamic hemodynamic

Same Context

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aluminum bronze cylindrical earthenware enamel