ceramics (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *ceramics*:
NOUN	act	ceramics	the art of making and decorating pottery

ceramics > pronunciation
Sounds	serae'mihks
Rhymes	acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks...

English > *ceramics*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The art of making and decorating pottery.
Category of	ceramic	An artifact made of hard brittle / brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures
	glassy, vitreous, vitrified	(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing / fusing a vitreous solution to it
	unvitrified	(of ceramics) lacking a vitreous finish
Broader	art, artistic creation, artistic production	The creation of beautiful or significant things
Spanish	cerámica
Catalan	ceràmica, terrissa
Adjectives	ceramic	of or relating to or made from a ceramic
Nouns	ceramicist, ceramist	a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

HyperDic: ceramics