earthenware
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earthen + -ware, first recorded appearance in 1673[1].
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
earthenware (countable and uncountable, plural earthenwares)
- (ceramics, often attributive) An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.
- Coordinate term: stoneware
- earthenware bowl
TranslationsEdit
ceramic
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
- ^ “earthenware”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Further readingEdit
- earthenware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia