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fritwares

fritwares is the plural of fritware.

Meaning of fritware

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

Questions about fritwares

What is fritwares the plural of?
Fritwares is the plural of fritware.

Words near fritwares in the dictionary

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

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