ceramics

[ suh-ram-iks ]

/ səˈræm ɪks /

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noun

(used with a singular verb) the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing.

(used with a plural verb) articles of earthenware, porcelain, etc.

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Origin of ceramics

First recorded in 1855–60; see origin at ceramic, -ics

Words nearby ceramics

ceramal, ceramic, ceramic engineering, ceramic hob, ceramic oxide, ceramics, ceramide, ceramist, cerargyrite, cerastes, cerastium

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How to use ceramics in a sentence

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.
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And skirts dazzled the eyes with patterns borrowed from traditional ceramics.
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The Daily Pic: James Hyde combines painting, ceramics and photography.
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The photo's blues and oranges seem to echo some of the greatest Islamic ceramics.
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I also love strolling around Chinatown to shop for things like ceramics.
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The making of ceramics was developed to an art, as was the making of different types of glass.
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Ceramics and various kinds of pottery were manufactured both for use and for ornament.
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In ceramics, therefore, just as in tattooing, the animals represented were at first primarily totem animals.
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In this respect also, tattooing furnished a preparation, even though imperfectly, for ceramics.
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They were excavated by James Chapman and others and were associated with ceramics at this site.
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British Dictionary definitions for ceramics

ceramics

/ (sɪˈræmɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc

Derived forms of ceramics

ceramist (ˈsɛrəmɪst) or ceramicist, noun

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