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Ceramic   /sərˈæmɪk/   Listen
Ceramic

noun
1.
An artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures.



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"Ceramic" Quotes from Famous Books



... number of vessels of pottery, many of which are painted in brilliant colors, chiefly red, yellow, and brown, and some of them ornamented with indented patterns, displaying not a little skill in the ceramic art, though they are reduced to fragments. The first of the skulls referred to was exhumed at a depth of 2 1/2 feet. It rested on its apex (base uppermost), and was filled with fragments of half incinerated human bones, mingled with dark-colored ...
— An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians • H. C. Yarrow
... chief industries of the Dutch and also tell of the influence that Dutch art has long received from Holland's East Indian possessions. These tile panels are very decorative. To us, out here, they suggest artistic ceramic possibilities for architectural purposes of which we have taken little advantage. Considering the fact that we have quantities of good clay and that so much original good decorative design is lying idle, this inactivity in architectural ceramics in California is distressing. ...
— The Art of the Exposition • Eugen Neuhaus


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