Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
- n. An object, such as earthenware, porcelain, or tile, made of ceramic.
- n. The art or technique of making objects of ceramic, especially from fired clay.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or belonging to pottery or to the fictile arts; pertaining to the manufacture of porcelain, stoneware, earthenware, and terra-cotta: as, ceramic decoration.
Wiktionary
- adj. made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
- n. uncountable A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
- n. countable An object made of this material
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures
- adj. of or relating to or made from a ceramic
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikos, "potter's"), from κέραμος (keramos, "potter's clay"), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word. (Wiktionary)
- From Greek keramikos, of pottery, from keramos, potter's clay; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Until fairly recently, these materials were made from naturally occurring mineral aggregates: the word ceramic comes from the Greek for “potter’s clay.””
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“This is a micro thin ceramic coating that prevents a high percentage of carbon and bullet metal from adherring to your bore.”
“A few minutes later, EMB was bringing two new drinks - in ceramic mugs - to our table.”
“This spirit native to India boasts a 90% alcohol content and is made by fermenting the mash of sugar cane pulp in ceramic containers.”
“Now available in ceramic, the mug has gone from an on-the-street treat to an at-home companion.”
“Working in ceramic, Irene Aguilar Alcantara depicts the itinerant fruit vendors seen everyday in Mexican towns.”
“He says this is possible because certain ceramic styles appeared within a specific time period.”
Mesopotamian City Grew Regardless of Kingly Rule | Impact Lab
“The ceramic is called Grancrete, which, when sprayed onto a rudimentary Styrofoam frame, dries to form a lightweight but durable surface.”
Grancrete: A Great New Low Cost Building Option | Impact Lab
“If we did it in ceramic tile, it would probably be $4500-$5000.”
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“Put in ceramic bowl, cover surface with parchment, and put in fridge overnight.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ceramic’.
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probablyankita's list
Words are all I have to take your heart away
apartheid, techno-klutz, logorrheic, gordian knot, anodyne, odor of sanctity, finders keepers, foot-in-mouth dis..., dutch uncle, masquerade, smoke signals, furtive glance and 320 more...
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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TECH - metals and alloys
toughness, furnace, vibration, bronze, modulus, tubing, flow, zinc, melting, porta, embrittle, wetting and 262 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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GRE List
anthem, ablution, apocrypha, augur, cardinal, cathedral, chant, chapel, cloister, conformist, cult, devout and 145 more...
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thegirlnextfloor's list
autumnal, avalanche, silhouette, antique, abysmal, scorch, sonic, surge, symmetry, whisper, penchant, dissipate and 349 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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South Street Reading
Hip, Hippie, offbeat, to boot, commerce, culinary, plummet, community, insist, perennial, contender, labyrinth and 6 more...
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one
for the ones that roll off the tongue and reverberate in my mind
gazette, meridem, ante, mustard, fabricate, china, ceramic, kitties, strapper, droog, horrorshow, milk and 88 more...
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quirk's Words
preternatural, tower, adept, speaker cone, hollowbody, ceramic, tripod, monopod, bipedal, bi-curious, marketplace, algorithm and 8 more...
Tweets
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