ceramic

[ suh-ram-ik ]

/ səˈræm ɪk /

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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.

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Origin of ceramic

1840–50; variant of keramic<Greek keramikós, equivalent to kéram(os) potters' clay + -ikos-ic

Words nearby ceramic

cer-, cera, ceraceous, Ceram, ceramal, ceramic, ceramic engineering, ceramic hob, ceramic oxide, ceramics, ceramide

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How to use ceramic in a sentence

You do not want to see a single speck of uncoated ceramic, so if you end up with a spotty coating, don’t be afraid to clean it out and start again.
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Crystals and ceramics — hard materials made baking minerals at very high temperatures — both can.
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In ultrasonic humidifiers, a ceramic diaphragm is placed within the water tank and vibrates against the water at a high rate, causing mist to form and be forced out of the unit.
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My finger burned when it touched the blossom of lead embedded in the ceramic armor.
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Having met in 1952 while Jacqueline was working in a ceramic studio, the couple moved in together two years later.
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Ceramic pieces, metal fragments, seeds and human remains have been uncovered by archeologists at the site.
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It is actually the coagulation of thousands of ceramic poppies.
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In London, a sea of ceramic poppies were released from the Tower of London to mark the date.
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Ceramic pipes were made to carry water from the spring to a waterwheel.
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The mineral is also an important constituent of most ceramic glazes.
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British Dictionary definitions for ceramic

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 ceramicthis vase is ceramic

of or relating to ceramicsceramic arts and crafts

Word Origin for ceramic

C19: from Greek keramikos, from keramos potter's clay, pottery

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Scientific definitions for ceramic

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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