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earthenware

[ ur-thuhn-wair ]

noun

  1. pottery of baked or hardened clay, especially any of the coarse, opaque varieties.
  2. clay for making such pottery.


earthenware

/ ˈɜːθəˌɛə /

noun

    1. vessels, etc, made of baked clay
    2. ( as adjective )

      an earthenware pot

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Origin of earthenware1

First recorded in 1640–50; earthen + ware 1
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Highly hierarchical, with powerful masters of time who encoded astronomical knowledge in the Nebra Sky Disc, they developed specialised crafts, such as earthenware.

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She calls the preparation a “tian,” a French Provençal term that refers to a shallow round earthenware vessel, as well as the dishes baked in it.

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Or will we keep moving away from the Earth, denying her very existence and value, until she takes over everything, wrapping us in her green earthenware?

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Ancient Koreans used the chill of winter to ferment vegetables by burying them in the ground in earthenware ceramic jars called onggi.

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At the center of the spread are a pair of ornately dimpled pastel-glazed earthenware vases by the French ceramist Saraï Delfendahl, each the size and silhouette of a baby elephant’s foot.

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