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Synonyms for ceramics

Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-ram-iks
Phonetic Transcription : səˈræm ɪks

Définition of ceramics

Origin :
  • 1850, keramic, from Greek keramikos, from keramos "potter's clay, pottery, tiles," perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word. Watkins suggests possible connection with Latin cremare "to burn," but Klein's sources are firmly against this. Spelling influenced by French céramique (1806). Related: ceramist (1855). Ceramics is attested from 1857.
  • noun pottery
Example sentences :
  • Ceramics engineering: general ceramics and ceramics engineering; ceramics; ceramics engineering.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • The making of ceramics was developed to an art, as was the making of different types of glass.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • Naturally my chief solicitude was about my collection of Ceramics.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The ceramics of England are of special interest to the American reader.
  • Extract from : « The Ceramic Art » by Jennie J. Young
  • What thickness of ceramics, or fabric, or rubber, or metal remained!
  • Extract from : « Double or Nothing » by Jack Sharkey
  • "Semi-porcelain," a term in English ceramics, is not to be found elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain » by Arthur Hayden
  • Also it is interesting to observe in this connection the influence of tea on Chinese ceramics.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Tea » by Kakuzo Okakura
  • He spent most of his life in working in ceramics, not with words.
  • Extract from : « Literature in the Making » by Various
  • And the Misses Farren were greatly interested in Egyptian ceramics.
  • Extract from : « For the Major » by Constance Fenimore Woolson
  • I think he is after ceramics and bric-à-brac and such things.
  • Extract from : « Chapters from My Autobiography » by Mark Twain

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