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CLAYWARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clayware mean?
• CLAYWARE (noun)
The noun CLAYWARE has 1 sense:
1. ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln
Familiarity information: CLAYWARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
clayware; pottery
Hypernyms ("clayware" is a kind of...):
ceramic ware (utensils made from ceramic material)
Meronyms (substance of "clayware"):
clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clayware"):
agateware (pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate)
lusterware (pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze)
Wedgwood (a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background)
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