CERAMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ceramic mean? 

• CERAMIC (noun)
  The noun CERAMIC has 1 sense:

1. an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures

  Familiarity information: CERAMIC used as a noun is very rare.

• CERAMIC (adjective)
  The adjective CERAMIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or made from a ceramic

  Familiarity information: CERAMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERAMIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ceramic" is a kind of...):

instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

Domain category:

ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ceramic"):

brick (rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material)

Derivation:

ceramic (of or relating to or made from a ceramic)

• CERAMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or made from a ceramic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a ceramic dish

Pertainym:

ceramic (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)

Derivation:

ceramic (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)

ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)

 Context examples 

A very tiny, hollow, round particle made from glass, ceramic, plastic, or other materials.

(Microsphere, NCI Dictionary)

Calcium sulfide is used as pigment in paints, plastics, textiles, ceramic and glass and is also used in solar cells, smoke and radiation detectors, light-emitting diodes and photomultipliers.

(Cadmium Sulfide, NCI Thesaurus)

A surface-reactive glass-ceramic biomaterial that is capable of ion exchange and hydrolysis.

(Bioactive Glass Product, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel compounds are used in industry for electroplating, nickel-alloy production, stainless steel production, in batteries, in electronics, in the ceramic industry and as catalysts.

(Nickel Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

Beryllium metaphosphate is used in small amounts for special ceramic compositions and as a catalyst in organic reactions.

(Beryllium Metaphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

The excavations have led to the discovery of almost 100 bodies and have enabled researchers to identify a number of fascinating funeral rituals, such as the practice of dyeing the corpse’s hair red, the deliberate placing of bodies in the middle of the cave, the use of ceramic elements in such rituals, and a practice called trepanation where a hole is drilled into the skull.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

The buried were placed in the middle of the cave and a variety of elements were used during the rituals, such as plant materials (branches and trunks), ceramic vessels that must have played an important role given the degree of fragmentation they exhibit, iron oxide ores (‘ochre’).

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)