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ceramic
[ suh-ram-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture:
ceramic art.
noun
- ceramic material.
ceramic
/ sɪˈræmɪk /
noun
- a hard brittle material made by firing clay and similar substances
- an object made from such a material
adjective
- of, relating to, or made from a ceramic
this vase is ceramic
- of or relating to ceramics
ceramic arts and crafts
ceramic
/ sə-răm′ĭk /
- Any of various hard, brittle, heat- and corrosion-resistant materials made typically of metallic elements combined with oxygen or with carbon, nitrogen, or sulfur. Most ceramics are crystalline and are poor conductors of electricity, though some recently discovered copper-oxide ceramics are superconductors at low temperatures.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ceramic1
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Example Sentences
My finger burned when it touched the blossom of lead embedded in the ceramic armor.
Having met in 1952 while Jacqueline was working in a ceramic studio, the couple moved in together two years later.
Ceramic pieces, metal fragments, seeds and human remains have been uncovered by archeologists at the site.
It is actually the coagulation of thousands of ceramic poppies.
In London, a sea of ceramic poppies were released from the Tower of London to mark the date.
Ceramic pipes were made to carry water from the spring to a waterwheel.
Geo reached toward the boy's neck where a ceramic disk hung from a leather thong.
The mineral is also an important constituent of most ceramic glazes.
Madame de Pompadour considerably encouraged the ceramic art, and it arrived at the height of perfection.
All other ceramic fragments, with one exception, were associated with objects dating earlier than 1660.
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