FromAncient Greekκεραμικός(keramikós,“potter's”), fromκέραμος(kéramos,“potter's clay”), perhaps from apre-Hellenic word or fromProto-Indo-European*kerh₂-(“to heat, burn, fire”).
ceramic (notcomparable)
- Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
Aceramic vase stood on the table.
2021 April 5, Jessica Bumpus, “Ceramics Are in Fashion”, inThe New York Times[1]:And over the past year, a new crop of collaborations between designers and artists has turned a spotlight onceramic sculptures characterized by organic and biomorphic forms.
of or pertaining to ceramic as material
ceramic (countable anduncountable,pluralceramics)
- (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.
Joan made the dish fromceramic.
- (countable) An object made of this material.
Joe had dozens ofceramics in his apartment.
2021 April 5, Jessica Bumpus, “Ceramics Are in Fashion”, inThe New York Times[2]:Photographed by Juergen Teller, the project included a series of JW Anderson women’s wear looks, still-life images and sketches of Ms. Odundo and Ms. Corbett’sceramics, as well as their portraits, and blankets designed as part of the collaboration.
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?"Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[3]
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ceramic
- ceramic
Borrowed fromFrenchcéramique.
ceramic m orn (feminine singularceramică,masculine pluralceramici,feminine and neuter pluralceramice)
- ceramic
