stoneware

English

Stoneware pottery with a celadon glaze, from the Ming Dynasty. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Etymology

stone +‎ -ware

Noun

stoneware (countable and uncountable, plural stonewares)

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

Translations

type of pottery

Catalan: gres m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 石器 (zh) (shíqì)
Danish: stentøj n
Finnish: kivitavara (fi)
French: grès (fr) m
German: Steinzeug (de) n, Feinsteinzeug (de) n

Irish: cruachré f
Italian: gres m
Japanese: 炻器 (せっき, sekki), せっ器 (せっき, sekki)
Portuguese: grés (pt) m
Russian: гли́няная посу́да f (glínjanaja posúda), керами́ческие изде́лия n pl (keramíčeskije izdélija), кера́мика (ru) f (kerámika)
Welsh: crochenwaith caled m

References

“stoneware” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 8th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1973 (1974 printing), OCLC 299192187.

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