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stone-pastes

stone-pastes is the plural of stone-paste.

Meaning of stone-paste

Noun

stone-paste (countable and uncountable, plural stone-pastes)

  1. A mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.
    • 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 stone-pastes

What is stone-pastes the plural of?
Stone-pastes is the plural of stone-paste.

Words near stone-pastes in the dictionary

  1. stone-knappers
  2. stone-lilies
  3. stone-lily
  4. stone-mint
  5. stone-paste
  6. stone-pastes
  7. stone-rag
  8. stone-raw
  9. stone-snipe
  10. stone-snipes
  11. stone-still

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