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DictionaryceramicFired material
adjective / noun

ceramic

suh-RAM-ik/sɝˈæmɪk/

Made of fired clay or similar hardened nonmetallic material, or an object made from it.

The broken ceramic fragment exposes terracotta beneath its glossy glaze.

A fired clay bowl beside an open pottery kiln, with a broken matching ceramic fragment exposing its terracotta body beneath the glaze.
Etymology
ceramGreekpotter’s earth; pottery
+icGreekpertaining to

The pottery root connects ceramic with objects made by molding and baking clay. Its earlier meaning, “belonging to pottery,” underlies the description of material made from heat-hardened clay.

In context

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More examples

  • The floor is covered with ceramic tiles.
  • The laboratory tests a heat-resistant ceramic.
  • The gallery exhibits handmade ceramics.

Forms

ceramic · ceramics

Similar words

pottery
Usually emphasizes objects made from fired clay.
porcelain
A particular hard, often translucent type of ceramic.