ceramic

From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikós, “potter's”), from κέραμος (kéramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈɹæmɪk/
• Rhymes: -æmɪk

ceramic (not comparable)

1. Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

   A ceramic vase stood on the table.

• preceramic
• vitroceramic

ceramic (countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)

1. (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material.

   Joan made the dish from ceramic.

2. (countable) An object made of this material

   Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

• kaolin, kaoline

• ceramics

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.

• racemic