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ceramic

[suh-ram-ik]

adjective

  1. of or relating to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture.

    ceramic art.



noun

  1. ceramic material.

ceramic

/ ɪˈæɪ /

noun

  1. a hard brittle material made by firing clay and similar substances

  2. an object made from such a material

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or made from a ceramic

    this vase is ceramic

  2. of or relating to ceramics

    ceramic arts and crafts

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ceramic

  1. 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ceramic1

1840–50; variant of keramic < Greek ó, equivalent to é ( os ) potters' clay + -ikos -ic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ceramic1

C19: from Greek keramikos, from keramos potter's clay, pottery
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Recently, she found a pair of small ceramic houses in the store, which were a copy of a design she had seen at Zara.

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Perhaps it’s a little comical to admit that Nara Smith inspired my desire to take up ceramics, but that is indeed the truth.

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On some nights, there’s live music; others feature workshops in journaling, ceramics and other mind-body activities and performances.

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At the Met, I felt this shift as soon as I walked through the entrance hall and saw the fresh flowers spilling out of the tall ceramic vases.

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It also began branding a plethora of products with those same point-blanket stripes, from teddy bears to ceramics.

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