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tenmoku

/ˈtɛməku/

tenmoku noun: a dark glaze with a surface that resembles oil spotting, made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide.

Noun

tenmoku (countable and uncountable, plural tenmokus)

  1. A dark glaze with a surface that resembles oil spotting, made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide.
    • Tenmokus are usually dark brown and black with some rust patches, but occasionally they are yellow. green or purple. Good tenmokus have an expressive depth and variation of colour.2004, Frank Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, page 358

Forms of tenmoku

pluraltenmokus
alternative formtemmoku

Origin of tenmoku

Borrowed from Japanese 天目.

Questions about tenmoku

What does tenmoku mean?
Tenmoku means a dark glaze with a surface that resembles oil spotting, made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide.
What part of speech is tenmoku?
Tenmoku is a noun.
How do you pronounce tenmoku?
Tenmoku is pronounced /ˈtɛməku/.
What is the plural of tenmoku?
The plural of tenmoku is tenmokus.

Words near tenmoku in the dictionary

  1. tenkile
  2. tenkiles
  3. Tenley
  4. tenmantale
  5. tenmantales
  6. tenmoku
  7. tenmokus
  8. Tenn-Tom
  9. Tenn.
  10. Tenna
  11. Tennant

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