earthenware
Americannoun
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pottery of baked or hardened clay, especially any of the coarse, opaque varieties.
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clay for making such pottery.
noun
Etymology
Origin of earthenware
Example Sentences
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The Mexican hairless dog was believed to guide people on the journey from life to death, but Govan said LACMA’s 2,000 year-old earthenware example feels “friendly and relatable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Both the paintings and the earthenware are scribbled with an illegible stream of consciousness poetry that Finley is channeling while making the work — often only visible in texture when the light hits right.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
Highly hierarchical, with powerful masters of time who encoded astronomical knowledge in the Nebra Sky Disc, they developed specialised crafts, such as earthenware.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
Burslem Pottery developed earthenware for domestic use before the business faded away in the 1930s, although it was revived by ceramics artist Tracey Bentley in 2009.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
Most mammals emerge from the womb like glazed earthenware emerging from a kiln—any attempt at remoulding will only scratch or break them.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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