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
Sifting through the remains of a Gaulish village on cliff-tops near Dieppe on Monday, they uncovered an earthenware pot containing a small glass flask.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
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
A bald old man looks up from his earthenware plate and laughs.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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