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ceramics

ceramics is the plural of ceramic.

Noun

ceramics sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) The art or science of making ceramic objects.
    • “The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.2010 February 12, Roberta Smith, “Visual Culture Out of Africa”, in The New York Times
  2. (plural, singular) Ceramic objects as a group.

Meaning of ceramic

Noun

ceramic (countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)

  1. (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, made by firing a material such as clay at a high temperature.
    • Joan made the dish from ceramic.
  2. (countable) An object made of this material.
    • Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

See all 3 meanings of ceramic

Forms of ceramics

alternative form (archaic)keramics

Origin of ceramics

From ceramic + -ics.

Words formed from ceramics

Questions about ceramics

What does ceramics mean?
Ceramics means the art or science of making ceramic objects.
What is ceramics the plural of?
Ceramics is the plural of ceramic.
What part of speech is ceramics?
Ceramics is a noun.

Words near ceramics in the dictionary

  1. ceramiaceous
  2. ceramic
  3. ceramically
  4. ceramicist
  5. ceramicists
  6. ceramics
  7. ceramicware
  8. ceramicwares
  9. ceramidase
  10. ceramidases
  11. ceramide

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