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fritware

fritware noun: pottery in which frit is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature.

Noun

fritware (countable and uncountable, plural fritwares)

  1. Pottery in which frit is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature.
    • The twelfth and thirteenth centuries constitute a high point in the history of Islamic ceramics, with finely potted and decorated fritwares produced in both Syria and Iran.1994, Gülru Necipoğlu, Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, →ISBN, page 31
  2. A combination of clay and frit used to create fritware.
    • Akin to European soft-paste porcelain, this material, known as fritware or stone-paste, is described in the fourtheenth-century treatise of Ahu'l Qasim as consisting of ten parts ground quartz, one part ground glass and one part fine white clay.1997, Ian Freestone, David R. M. Gaimster, POTTERY IN THE MAKING PB, page 114

Forms of fritware

pluralfritwares

Origin of fritware

From frit + -ware.

Questions about fritware

What does fritware mean?
Fritware means pottery in which frit is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature.
What part of speech is fritware?
Fritware is a noun.
What is the plural of fritware?
The plural of fritware is fritwares.

Words near fritware in the dictionary

  1. fritting
  2. fritting away
  3. Fritton
  4. Fritton and St Olaves
  5. fritts
  6. fritware
  7. fritwares
  8. Fritwell
  9. fritz
  10. fritz out
  11. fritz up

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