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semiglazed

semiglazed adjective: slightly glazed; covered by a thin gloss.

Adjective

semiglazed (not comparable)

  1. Slightly glazed; covered by a thin gloss.
    • Sift a small quantity of the dust on to a semiglazed white paper about 8 by 10 inches.1921, United States. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws
    • The semiglazed chintz curtains are hung from a rod placed inside a painted wooden cornice.1928, Helen Koues, Helen Koues on decorating the house in the early American, colonial, English, and Spanish manner, page 116
  2. Partially glazed; glazed over only part of the surface or not completely glazed over.
    • As she peered at me from semiglazed eyes, her yawn was interrupted by a rich giggle.1957, Welbourn Kelley, Alabama empire, page 339
    • This smaller foot is normal on examples dating at the end of the 2nd century, as well as on semiglazed bowls (see below).1997, Susan I. Rotroff, Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material

Examples of semiglazed in a sentence

  • Two-inch-square tan or turquoise-colored semiglazed tile is attractive and has the advantage of not showing footmarks or discoloration.1946, Gladys Beckett Jones, Manual of Smart Housekeeping, page 12:
  • Semiglazed bowls (22) have a simple ring foot and convex lower wall that constricts and is pulled out in its upper reaches to form a concave upper wall terminating in a tapered, outturned rim.2014, Gerald P. Schaus, Stymphalos: The Acropolis Sanctuary - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 203:

Forms of semiglazed

alternative formsemi-glazed

Origin of semiglazed

From semi- + glazed.

Questions about semiglazed

What does semiglazed mean?
Semiglazed means slightly glazed; covered by a thin gloss.
How do you use semiglazed in a sentence?
Two-inch-square tan or turquoise-colored semiglazed tile is attractive and has the advantage of not showing footmarks or discoloration.
What part of speech is semiglazed?
Semiglazed is an adjective.

Words near semiglazed in the dictionary

  1. semifusinites
  2. Semigallia
  3. semigelatinous
  4. semigeneric
  5. semigenerics
  6. semiglazed
  7. semiglobal
  8. semiglobalization
  9. semiglobalized
  10. semiglobe
  11. semiglobes

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