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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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Word 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of ceramic1

C19: from Greek keramikos, from keramos potter's clay, pottery
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The cascading amber-encapsulated ceramic bones, together with found objects and ephemera from MacArthur Park, serve as a gesture to the green space’s deep history of organizing and presence for the Central American diaspora.

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From the ashes she pulled a strange assortment of survivors: fragments of ceramic plates, misshapen metal and coffee mugs that no public health authority would recommend using.

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He started out selling toys, mugs and ceramics at a swap meet in Cerritos.

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Youn sells mostly kitchenwares and other novelties, including ceramic teapots made in Korea and bird boxes handcrafted in France.

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Passionate about ceramics, painting, photography and music, he reveals that he was never particularly career-driven.

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