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ceramics

[ suh-ram-iks ]

noun

  1. (used with a singular verb) the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing.
  2. (used with a plural verb) articles of earthenware, porcelain, etc.


ceramics

/ sɪˈræmɪks; ˈsɛrəmɪst /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc


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Derived Forms

  • ceramist, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ceramics1

First recorded in 1855–60; ceramic, -ics

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Example Sentences

A few months later, I dutifully signed up for a ceramics class at a studio nearish my Brooklyn apartment.

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The Daily Pic: He Xiangyu's smashed porcelain forges links to China's classic ceramics.

And skirts dazzled the eyes with patterns borrowed from traditional ceramics.

The Daily Pic: James Hyde combines painting, ceramics and photography.

The photo's blues and oranges seem to echo some of the greatest Islamic ceramics.

I also love strolling around Chinatown to shop for things like ceramics.

The making of ceramics was developed to an art, as was the making of different types of glass.

Ceramics and various kinds of pottery were manufactured both for use and for ornament.

In ceramics, therefore, just as in tattooing, the animals represented were at first primarily totem animals.

In this respect also, tattooing furnished a preparation, even though imperfectly, for ceramics.

They were excavated by James Chapman and others and were associated with ceramics at this site.

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