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ce⋅ram⋅ic

  [suh-ram-ik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture: ceramic art.
–noun
2. ceramic material.
Origin:
1840–50; var. of keramic < Gk keramikós, equiv. to kéram(os) potters' clay + -ikos -ic
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ce·ram·ic   (sə-rām'ĭk)   
n.  

  1. 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.

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

    2. ceramics (used with a sing. verb) The art or technique of making objects of ceramic, especially from fired clay.


[From Greek keramikos, of pottery, from keramos, potter's clay; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots.]
ce·ram'ic adj.
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ceramic 
1850, from Gk. keramikos, from keramos "potter's clay, pottery."
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