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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A heavy, nonporous, nontranslucent pottery, such as jasper ware, that is fired at a high temperature.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Potters' ware made from clay of very silicious nature, or a composition of clay and flint.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous

Etymologies

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stone +‎ -ware

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