stoneware stone·ware n

stoneware stone·ware n
['stəʊnˌwɛə(r)]
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  • stone|ware — «STOHN WAIR», noun. a coarse, hard pottery. Stoneware is made from very siliceous clay, or a mixture of clay with a considerable amount of flint, sand, prefired clay, or the like, to give it greater strength, fired higher than earthenware (about… …   Useful english dictionary

  • stone·ware — /ˈstoʊnˌweɚ/ noun [noncount] : objects made of a special baked clay often used before another noun a set of stoneware dishes …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stoneware — Stone ware , n. A species of coarse potter s ware, glazed and baked. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stoneware — stone•ware [[t]ˈstoʊnˌwɛər[/t]] n. cer a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware • Etymology: 1675–85 …   From formal English to slang

  • stoneware — stone|ware [ˈstəunweə US ˈstounwer] n [U] pots, bowls etc that are made from a special hard clay …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stoneware — stone|ware [ stoun,wer ] noun uncount objects made from thick clay …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stoneware — /stohn wair /, n. a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware. [1675 85; STONE + WARE1] * * * Pottery fired at a high temperature (about 2,200°F, or 1,200°C) until vitrified (made glasslike and impervious to liquid). Because stoneware is nonporous,… …   Universalium

  • Stoneware — a vitreous or semivitreous ceramic ware of fine texture, made primarily from nonrefactory fire clay. [Standard Terminology Of Ceramic Whiteware and Related Products. ASTM Standard C242.] Its maturation temperature ranges from about 1200°C to 1315 …   Wikipedia

  • stone china — stone′ chi′na n. cer hard ceramic ware containing feldspar; stoneware …   From formal English to slang

  • American Stoneware — The term American Stoneware refers to the predominant houseware of nineteenth century America stoneware pottery usually covered in a salt glaze and often decorated using cobalt oxide to produce bright blue decorations. The vernacular term crocks… …   Wikipedia

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