Ceramic vs Greenware - What's the difference?
ceramic | greenware |
made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
(uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
(countable) An object made of this material
(ceramics, usually, uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
* {{quote-book
, year=1991
, author=Irene Wittig
, title=The Clay Canvas
, isbn=080198016X
(ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
* {{quote-book,
year=1983
, author=Yaw Lu and Mary Tregear
, title=Song Ceramics
, isbn=9971837269
As nouns the difference between ceramic and greenware
is that ceramic is a hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures while greenware is pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.As an adjective ceramic
is made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.ceramic
English
(wikipedia ceramic)Adjective
(-)- A ceramic vase stood on the table.
Derived terms
* vitroceramicNoun
- Joan made the dish of ceramic .
- Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.
See also
* kaolin, kaolineReferences
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]Anagrams
*greenware
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, page=9 , passage=Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.}}
citation, page=5 , passage=Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.}}